OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #982272

CRANE HOOK,UNSECURED,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CRANE

1989-08-31T00:00:00

Event: CRANE HOOK,UNSECURED,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CRANE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 982272
Report ID: 257260

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling crane hook

Investigation abstract

On August 31, 1989, Employee #1 was present when a crane boom dropped, causing t he lifting hook to fall. He was struck by the falling lifting hook and was kille d. (NOTE: The original report was in Spanish.)

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 21 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
564

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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