OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848770
PCL/MCHUGH A JOINT VENTURE
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
Five employees hospitalized after fall from crane load
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #5 were relocating a 20 ft by 20 ft wooden platform from on e position on the site to another. They attached a tower crane's load hook to a two-part wire rope sling configuration. The sling, in turn, was attached to two lifting shackles affixed at midpoints on the platform. When Employees #1 through #5 climbed onto the platform for balance, the platform, which was suspended at only two points, flipped and tossed them approximately 8 ft to an adjacent lower level. Employees #1 through #5 were hospitalized and released. Violations of 29 CFR 1926.550(c)(5) referenced tower crane manufacturer's prohibition of riding on loads.
Victims (5)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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