OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #735340
COLLAPSE,SAFETY BELT,TORSO,FALL,CONTUSION,CRANE
Event description
TWO KILLED AND ONE INJURED IN FALL FROM PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
Employees #1, #2, and #3 were on an interior cell form while it was being raised re it was lifted. to a higher level (in excess of 90 feet) by a 250 ton American Crane 9320, Seri al Number 300418, with a 15 ton, 40 foot jib, when the jib gave way. Five employ ees had removed support bolts from the wall, and from the screw jacks on the wal l of a pier. Three employees had stayed on the forms platform while the load was being raised. The jib of the boom collapsed when the load fell to the interior core of the form, and the fall broke the cable. Two employees were killed and th e third received severe bruises to the legs, back, and shoulder. The employees h ad failed to use safety belts and lifelines, and failed to get off the load befo
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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