Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14332829 - OVERTURNED CRANE FELL BACK ONTO OPERATOR, WHO HAD JUMPED OUT

Accident Summary Nr: 14332829 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 06/17/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100339902	06/17/1986	7359	0	Superior Rigging & Erecting Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100339894	06/17/1986	1623	0	J. E. Lovern Construction Company, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100339886	06/17/1986	1542	0	Hairston Construction Co. Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100339910	06/26/1986	3272	0	Cobb County Concrete Products, Inc.

Abstract: A 20 TON HYDRAULIC TRUCK CRANE WAS SENT BY CRANE RENTAL SERVICE TO HANDLE THE TASK OF MOVING A 26,000 POUND REINFORCED CONCRETE HOLDING TANK. THE FINAL PART OF THE JOB WAS THE LOWERING OF THE TANK INTO A 20 FOOT DEEP EXCAVATION. THE CRANE WAS POSITIONED AS CLOSE TO THE EXCAVATION AS POSSIBLE, WITH 4 BY 4 TIMBERS PLACED UNDER THE OUTRIGGERS TO SPREAD THE LOADING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THE TANK WAS POSITIONED OVER THE EXCAVATION AND LOWERED ABOUT HALF THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM. THE SIGNALMEN INDICATED TO THE CRANE OPERATOR THAT THE LOAD HAD TO BE EXTENDED ABOUT ANOTHER FOOT TO CLEAR THE SIDEWALL. AS THE OPERATOR (EMPLOYEE #1) EXTENDED THE BOOM, THE CRANE SUDDENLY FLIPPED OVER BACKWARDS. EMPLOYEE #1 JUMPED FROM THE CRANE CAB, BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID THE CRANE AS IT FELL BACK TO THE GROUND. HE WAS STRUCK AND CRUSHED TO DEATH BY THE FALLING CRANE.

Keywords: TRUCK CRANE, STRUCK BY, OVERTURN, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100339902	Fatality	Other	Crane and tower operators
2	100339894			Occupation Not Listed
3	100339886			Occupation Not Listed
4	100339910			Occupation Not Listed

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