OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #968552
OUTRIGGER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRANE CAB,CRUSHED,CRANE COUNTERWEIGHT,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed when crushed in crane cab
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating an 800 series American crane with the outriggers remov ed. He was attempting to load a 20,000 lb counterweight from the crane onto a fl atbed trailer adjacent to the crane. When the load swing to the side, the crane became unbalanced and tipped over, crushing the cab. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 849
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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