OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977926

CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,LOCKING PINS,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1990-02-05T00:00:00

Event: CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,LOCKING PINS,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 977926
Report ID: 454711

Event description

Employee killed when struck by crane boom

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had removed the retaining pin from a crane boom section when the boo m folded and fell onto him. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
535

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
2

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