OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809269
H. RAY WARD AND SONS CONSTRUCTION CO.
GARNER, NC·
Event description
Employee injured when struck by load as crane overturns
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were using a rented Grove TMS 30D hydraulic truck cran a laceration to the back of the head. The guidelines for the crane indicated th at the load was excessive for the amount of boom that was extended and for the r adius to be reached. e rated at 30 tons to lift a 1,200 lb bundle of 10 floor trusses to a point 8 ft high on a building. Two significantly lighter loads had been placed prior to th is one. Employee #1 was guiding the load from atop the ground floor walls, appro ximately 103 ft horizontally from the crane. The crane operator could not see th e landing point and was receiving signals from the job foreman. The crane had 13 4 ft of boom extended, and when the load was approximately 5 ft above the landin g area, the crane tipped over, causing the load to strike Employee #1. He sustai ned injuries including fractures to both legs and pelvis, internal injuries, and
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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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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