OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #878074
HEAD,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,CRANE,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when struck by crane bridge
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers had been assigned to complete a new installation of an g to get both feet on the ladder to descend, the end of the crane bridge struck him above his left ear, crushing his head between the moving crane bridge and th e support column on which the ladder was leaning. He was killed. electrical conduit and associated connections. They placed a portable extension ladder against a support column adjacent to the travel area of a radio operator type overhead traveling crane that was not tagged or locked out. Employee #1 wa s standing in an area approximately 16 ft 4 in. above the floor level with his r ight foot on the ladder. His left foot was on a section of pipe that was attache d horizontally to the support column and was parallel with the crane track. He w as attaching a section of electrical metallic tubing to a connection and had his back to the crane, which was traveling toward him. As Employee #1 was attemptin
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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