OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14532006
ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE COMPANY
VALDEZ, AK—
Event description
CRANE OPERATOR DROWNED AFTER HIS CRANE FELL INTO THE WATER
Investigation abstract
ON DECEMBER 15, 1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:45 AM EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A 35-TON GROVE RT 65-5 ROUGH TERRAIN CRANE. HE WAS LIFTING AND SWINGING A 50-FOOT LENGTH OF BOOM SECTION, WHICH HAD JUST BEEN DISMANTLED FROM THE FIXED BERTH CRANE ON B ERTH 5. THE BOOM SECTION, WHICH WEIGHED 3,100 POUNDS, WAS TO BE PLACED ON A FLAT BED TRAILER AND TAKEN TO A STORAGE AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 SWUNG THE LOAD OVER THE WAT ER. THE BOOM WAS EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 67 FEET AT A 42 DEGREE ANGLE. THE OUTRIG GERS WERE NOT EXTENDED. AT THIS TIME, THE CRANE BEGAN TO TILT ON ITS SIDE. IT TH EN FELL THROUGH A GUARDRAIL AND DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET INTO THE WATER. EM PLOYEE #1 DROWNED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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