OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14413140
EMPIRE CONSTRUCTION CO
CACTUS, TX—
Event description
Employee killed when personnel basket falls
Investigation abstract
A hydraulic crane was being used to lower a personnel basket carrying Employee # 1 into the receiving leg of a feed lot. As the basket descended into the leg, it became caught on the side of the leg. This caused the crane's hook to slip out of the lifting eye of the basket, allowing it to fall 100 ft. Employee #1 died o f injuries sustained in the fall.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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