OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #768614
JENSEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
PLANO, TX·
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)
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#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
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#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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