OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511216

HEATH CONSTRUCTORS INC

SAN ANTONIO, TX— 1985-06-17T00:00:00

Event: DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, BLOCKS, CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, CRAWLER CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100300722
Employer profile: HEATH CONSTRUCTORS INC
Summary number: 14511216
Report ID: 625400

Event description

Employee crushed and killed by falling crane boom

Investigation abstract

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on June 17, 1985, Employee #1 was working alone, dism antling two 20 ft long sections of a 60 ft long crane boom on an FMC Link Belt L S 108B crawler crane, serial #9lG5247. The boom sections were not blocked or sup ported in any way, except that the top of the boom was resting on the ground and the butt section of the boom was attached to the rotatable superstructure of th e crane. As Employee #1 removed the two lower pins holding together the upper tw o boom sections, the crane boom below this connection fell to ground. Employee # 1's body was crushed from his head to his hips; he was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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