OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515670

LEE TURZILLO CONTRACTING CO

LEESBURG, FL— 1984-04-26T00:00:00

Event: DISMANTLING,COLLAPSE,CRANE BOOM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,INATTENTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1698240
Employer profile: LEE TURZILLO CONTRACTING CO
Summary number: 14515670
Report ID: 420600

Event description

Employee killed by falling crane boom

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a crane operator, was dismantling a crane boom by knocking out the retaining pins holding two sections together. He neglected to disconnect the pen dant lines, however, which put downward pressure on the boom sections. Employee #1 was standing on the ground under the boom when he knocked out a lower pin and the boom jackknifed on top of him. He was crushed and killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 25 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
5

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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