OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14385280
BROWN & KERR INC
CHICAGO, IL—
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by crane counterweight
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 (an aider, or operator helper) was working near an FMC Link Belt 50- ton hydraulic truck crane. The crane was being used to hoist and lower materials from a one-story building during installation of a prebuilt roof. Employee #1 p laced himself within the swing radius of the rear of the rotating superstructure and was crushed and killed between the counterweight and the body of the crane. Accessible areas within the swing radius of the crane's rotating superstructure had not been barricaded.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- 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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