OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300610
JECO AIR CONDITIONING INC
KULA, HI—
Event description
Two employees injured when crane boom collapses
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2, both sheetmetal workers, were installing rubber weatherstri pping around the telescope windows on an observatory dome. They were working fro m a manlift basket suspended from a truck crane when the crane boom collapsed, d ropping the two employees to the ground. Employee #1 had parts of his right and left feet amputated and his left foot was badly bruised. Employee #2 suffered sl ight back pains.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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