OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690776
WESTERN ROAD MACHINERY COMPANY
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—
Event description
FOOT STRUCK BY FALLING HOOK BLOCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CHANGE THE TAIL BOOM PIN ON A MOBILE HY DRAULIC CRANE. THEY WERE USING ANOTHER MOBILE HYDRAULIC CRANE TO SUPPORT, IN A H ORIZONTAL POSITION, THE FIRST CRANE'S BOOM. THEY HAD JUST CHANGED THE LIFTING CR ANE'S HOOK FROM A HEADACHE BALL TO A HOOK BLOCK. THE HOOK BLOCK WAS CONNECTED WI TH A WEDGE SOCKET. AS THE CRANE OPERATOR TOOK THE SLACK UP ON THE LIFTING CRANE, THE WEDGE SOCKET SLIPPED, ALLOWING THE HOOK BLOCK TO DROP ON EMPLOYEE #1'S FOOT . EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN STANDING ON THE HORIZONTAL BOOM.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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