OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999698
EDWARD KRAEMER & SONS, INC.
HENDERSON, MN·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling object
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was rigging and directing a lift for a crane operator. The load was being lifted in a basket hitch arrangement around a 2 in. by 6 in. guide brace. Employee #1 gave hand signals and directed the pier cap assembly. While the cran e operator awaited further hand signals to lower the load, the employee climbed into the pier cap brace on the V-form. The sling that had been attached to it ca me loose and the V-form dropped. The pointed edge of the form struck Employee #1 on his neck and he died as a result of severe bleeding. The guide brace was not a strong enough attachment point to support the V-form.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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