OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #968552
DIELCO CRANE AND RIGGING COMPANY
LAS VEGAS, NV·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Crane and tower operators (849)
- Human factor
- SAFETY DEVICES REMOVED/INOPER. (9)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.