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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #968552

OUTRIGGER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRANE CAB,CRUSHED,CRANE COUNTERWEIGHT,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE,OVERTURN

Event
OUTRIGGER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRANE CAB,CRUSHED,CRANE COUNTERWEIGHT,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE,OVERTURN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
968552
Report ID
953220

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

  1. #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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