OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14277040
CHARLES J WHELDEN CO INC
PROVIDENCE, RI—
Event description
CRUSHED BY BOOM OF CRANE
Investigation abstract
A MAGNETIC TYPE CRAWLER CRANE WAS BEING OPERATED IN A SCRAP YARD ENVIRONMENT. EM PLOYEE #1, WHO NORMALLY WORKS AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION AS A MECHANICS HELPER, CAM E OVER TO SPEAK TO THE CRANE OPERATOR. AFTER A CONVERSATION, EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN T O CLEAN SCRAP FROM THE ROADWAY AREA. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN TO LEAVE THE AREA, A WELD PULLED APART IN THE LOWER SECTION OF THE CRANE BOOM. THE LOWER SECTION HAD BEEN RECENTLY FABRICATED. THE TOP BOOM SECTION FELL, HITTING AND CRUSHING EMPLO YEE #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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