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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #802074

PLATFORM,FRACTURE,FALL,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE

Event
PLATFORM,FRACTURE,FALL,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
802074
Report ID
454510

Event description

TEN EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN CRANE SUSPENDED PLATFORM FALLS

Investigation abstract

A personnel platform suspended from a one-part line on an 18-ton P & H Omega cra ne Serial Number 44074 was being used to lower ten employees (Employees #1-10) f rom the roof of a 46-foot high building to the ground for a break. The platform descent was too rapid and the operator could not slow it before hitting the grou nd. All ten employees were hospitalized with fractures to feet, legs, sternum, j aws, and back injuries.

Victims (10)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #10 Hospitalized Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    8
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #2 Hospitalized Age 40 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    553
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  4. #3 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    24
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  5. #4 Hospitalized Age 31 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  6. #5 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  7. #6 Hospitalized Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    16
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    553
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  8. #7 Hospitalized Age 46 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    2
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  9. #8 Hospitalized Age 55 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  10. #9 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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