OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #761197
FRACTURE,INSTALLING,TRUCK CRANE,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,UNTRAINED,OVERTURN
Event description
Two employees injured in fall from platform
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were installing steel angles to steel roof trusses. The empl oyees were standing on a work platform suspended by a 30-ton truck crane. The cr ane tipped over, causing the employees to fall about 30 ft to the floor. Employe e #1 suffered a fracture to the back thoracic area. Employee #2 suffered lacerat ions to his head. Causes of the accident are: lack of training; safety belts not in use; no midrail for platform; exceeding capacity of crane; unstable/soft foo ting for crane; lack of preplanning or test lifts prior to actual lifting of emp loyees.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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