OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221566946

SMALL'S SAND & GRAVEL INC

GAMBIER, OH— 2023-05-25T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blocks, Caught Between, Chest, Contusion, Crane, Crane Load, Crane Operator, Crane Outrigger, Crushed, Equipment Operator, Fracture, Head, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Internal Injuries, Laceration, Lung, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Neck, Outrigger, Supervisor, Tips Over, Torso, Truck Crane
NAICS: 212321
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346731490
Employer profile: SMALL'S SAND & GRAVEL INC
Summary number: 221566946
Report ID: 0522500

Mining operation

This is a mining-sector operation (NAICS 212321). For MSHA mine-safety and violation records for this operator, see miningincidents.org →

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed after crane tips over

Investigation abstract

At 3:05 p.m. on May 25, 2023, an employee working as a material moving supervisor for a sand and gravel mining company was operating a Grove TM225 25-Ton truck mounted crane. The employee was using the crane to reposition concrete blocks at an asphalt plant in the company yard. The employee attempted to hoist a large concrete block weighing approximately 3,400 pounds when the crane tipped over on the operator's side of the truck. The employee was crushed between the operator's cab and the dirt ground. The employee was killed due to multiple internal and external crushing injuries to his torso, head and neck.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 65 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
843

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