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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #996405

HIGH WIND,LOAD SHIFT,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,STRUCK BY,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE

Event
HIGH WIND,LOAD SHIFT,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,STRUCK BY,CRANE OPERATOR,CRANE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
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. #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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