OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #768614

HEAD,COUNTERBALANCE,WORK RULES,INATTENTION,DISMANTLING,CRUSHED,CRANE

1987-11-18T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,COUNTERBALANCE,WORK RULES,INATTENTION,DISMANTLING,CRUSHED,CRANE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 768614
Report ID: 626300

Event description

CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN CRANE COUNTERWEIGHT HIT HIM

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 AND SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. THEY WERE NEARLY DONE WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 DECIDED TO HELP THE CRANE CREW GET THE CRANE READY TO BE MOVED. EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN PLACING THE ME TAL OUTRIGGER PLATES INTO HOLDERS ON THE REAR OF A GROVE TM 875 CRANE. HE POSITI ONED HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE REAR ENGINE HOUSING AND A RETRACTABLE COUNTERWEIGHT. A N EMPLOYEE OF THE CRANE SERVICE COMPANY ACTIVATED A HYDRAULIC SWITCH TO RETRACT THE COUNTERWEIGHT. EMPLOYEE #1'S HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ENGINE HOUSING AND THE RETRACTING COUNTERWEIGHT AND WAS CRUSHED. HE WAS KILLED.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
2
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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