OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14496301
JAY GIPSON CRANE CO
FORT SMITH, AR—
Event description
Employee killed in fall from suspended concrete bucket
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was placing reinforcing steel and pouring concrete into plasters bui lt into a 30 ft high wall. To reach the work area, he was standing on the edge o f a concrete bucket that was suspended approximately 1 to 1 1/2 ft above the wal l by a 1978 P & H 22-ton capacity mobile crane. Employee #1 released his hold on the bucket and fell approximately 33 to 35 feet to the ground. He suffered a br oken neck and was killed. No work platform, safety equipment, or personal protec tive gear were available for use on the job site.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- 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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