OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566012

UNIVERSAL ROOFERS AND BUILDERS INC

TEMPE, AZ— 1985-08-12T00:00:00

Event: COLLAPSE, CRANE BOOM, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STRUCK BY, GUIDE, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #14602502
Employer profile: UNIVERSAL ROOFERS AND BUILDERS INC
Summary number: 14566012
Report ID: 950411

Event description

Employee killed when struck by crane bucket

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:35 p.m. on August 12, 1985, Employee #1 was working as a spot ter for a crane operator when the crane jib collapsed. Employee #1 was accidenta lly struck by the crane's bucket. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
595

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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