OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #996405

WHITTENBERG ENG. & CONST. CO., INC.

LOUISVILLE, KY· 1988-11-29T00:00:00

Event: HIGH WIND, LOAD SHIFT, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, CRANE OPERATOR, CRANE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #104313366
Employer profile: WHITTENBERG ENG. & CONST. CO., INC.
Summary number: 996405
Report ID: 452110

Event description

Crane operator in shack knocked by load from 9th floor

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was operating a tower crane from a shack and had lifted and landed a load. When the load was caught by a wind gust it knocked the shack and the empl oyee off the 9th floor. Employee #1 required hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

Nature of injury
18

Part of body
1

Event type
5

Source
24

Occupation code
599

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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