OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818898

BARGE,HEAD,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,OVERLOADED,BROKEN CABLE,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1990-03-28T00:00:00

Event: BARGE,HEAD,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,OVERLOADED,BROKEN CABLE,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 818898
Report ID: 418800

Event description

Employee struck and killed by overloaded crane boom

Investigation abstract

A barge mounted lattice boom crane was being used to land and jump concrete sea wall panels while they were being jetted. The boom crane was overloaded by appro ximately 2 tons, according to the load capacity chart. This overloading caused t he boom hoist cable to part, and the boom to drop and strike Employee #1 on the head and back. He died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
4

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
12

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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