OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237309
LEM CONSTRUCTION CO INC
DENALT, TX—
Event description
Employee crushed and killed by crane boom
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was dismantling the boom of a Link Belt crawler crane, model IS 98 A #307. He lowered the boom, but left the peak of the boom 2 to 3 ft above the gr ound. It was not blocked or cribbed. While there was tension on the main pendant s, he disconnected the bottom pins of a joint located behind the joint where the main pendants were connected. Boom sections rotated on the top pins, allowing t he boom to fall and strike Employee #1 on the upper body. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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