Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14201842 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY "HEADACHE BALL"

Accident Summary Nr: 14201842 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 06/08/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18825182	06/09/1988	1541	0	Songer Construction Corporation

Abstract: On June 8, 1989, Employee #1 and coworkers engaged in moving approximately one-and-a-half-ton iron runners a distance of 100 yards in order to clear areas for a new road using a flatbed tractor-trailer and a Grove RT65S 35 ton hydraulic crane. The operator of the crane had landed two or three runners using the four-part main block. Employee #1 was reaching for the choker when the crane operator inadvertently expressed the boom, blocking the auxiliary hoist, and causing the wire rope to part. The "pill" struck Employee #1 killing him. Human error was determined to be the cause, and no violations were noted.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, WIRE ROPE, CONSTRUCTION, HOIST, STRUCK BY, HEADACHE BALL, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18825182			Fatality	Fracture	Structural metal workers

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