OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848036
UNSECURED,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY FALLING PIECE OF CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
SECTIONS OF A DISMANTLED CRANE BOOM WERE BEING LOADED ONTO A FLATBED TRUCK. THE MID PIECE OF THE BOOM HAD ALREADY BEEN LOADED. THE END (TIP) PIECE WAS THEN PICK ED UP BY A FRONT END LOADER WITH TWO SLINGS ATTACHED TO THE BUCKET TEETH. AFTER THE TIP SECTION WAS PLACED ON THE TRUCK BED, EMPLOYEE #1 (THE FOREMAN) WALKED BE TWEEN THE TRUCK BED AND THE LOADER BUCKET TO DETACH THE SLINGS. AT THAT MOMENT, THE WIDE END OF THE TIP SECTION SLIPPED OFF THE TRUCK BED, CRUSHING THE FOREMAN BETWEEN THE BOOM AND THE BUCKET. THE SECTION WHICH FELL WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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