OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399877

MOSHER INDUSTRIES

DUNCANVILLE, TX— 1985-05-03T00:00:00

Event: CRANE OUTRIGGER, TRUCK CRANE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, CRANE OPERATOR, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2469898
Employer profile: MOSHER INDUSTRIES
Summary number: 14399877
Report ID: 626300

Event description

Crane operator killed when crane overturns

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a crane operator, was using the load line of a 15.5-ton Grove exten sible-boom truck crane to hoist a piece of structural steel. The crane's outrigg ers were not extended, allowing the unit to overturn toward the operator's side of the cab. The truck crane was parked next to a stack of structural steel and E mployee #1 was crushed against the steel. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 46 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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