OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #762864
PIN,CRANE BOOM,TRUCK CRANE,STRUCK BY,BRACING,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling boom section
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, assisted by a helper, was removing pins from the first boom section of a Bucyrus Erie truck mounted crane. Employee #1 removed the two bottom pins and the boom pivoted on the two upper pins, falling on him and killing him. The lower portion of the boom, which Employee #1 was under, was 3 to 4 ft from the g round. The boom was not braced.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 885
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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