OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498166

H B ZACHRY CO

BAYTOUN, TX— 1985-09-20T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, JIB CRANE, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, TWO-BLOCKING, CRANE BLOCK, FALLING OBJECT, HYDRAULIC CRANE, INATTENTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2299949
Employer profile: H B ZACHRY CO
Summary number: 14498166
Report ID: 626600

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling crane block

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was approximately 25 ft away from where a crane operator was using a n HSP 25 Link Belt hydraulic tire-mounted crane, model 19080, to move a 600 lb p ipe from a structure to a place outside a fence. While he was scooping out with the jib, the main block was drawn tight up to the boom (two-blocking) and the li ne snapped. The lower block fell on Employee #1, killing him. The operator said he had been watching his flagman and his load. The last time he looked at his bl ock, he had approximately 1 ft of rope and he thought that was enough to continu e putting the pipe down.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
8

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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