OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14522189
HENRY A SELINSKY INC
CANTON, OH—
Event description
STRUCK BY TRUCK CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM ON 4-12-84, AN EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A TRUCK CRANE BOOM. BOLTS HOLDING THE BOOM TURNTABLE (TO CRANE BODY) PULLED OUT FROM THE TURNTABLE BASE, THUS ALLOWING THE BOOM TO FALL-- STRIKING THE OPERATOR WHO WAS INSIDE THE CRANE CAB. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF STORING A LIFTING BEAM AT THE YARD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 849
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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