OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14320345

RELIANCE DRILLING INC

WAYNE, PA— 1984-07-16T00:00:00

Event: HEAD, SIGNALMAN, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CRANE BOOM, CRAWLER CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1095322
Employer profile: RELIANCE DRILLING INC
Summary number: 14320345
Report ID: 317000

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling crane component

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working as a signalman for a Manitowoc 3000W crawler crane, seri al #30202, that was being used to drill holes for and place building foundation caissons. He was standing within 10 feet of a caisson when a boom rope roller be came dislodged, fell approximately 60 feet, and struck him on the head. Employee #1 sustained massive injuries and died. A mounting bracket, which had somehow b ecome damaged, caused the boom roller to fall.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 41 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
1
#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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