Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14449508 - Employee crushed and killed by falling crane

Accident Summary Nr: 14449508 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 07/02/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104511597	07/03/1986	1623	0	Mueller Pipeliners, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 p.m. on July 2, 1986, Employee #1 was preparing to unload an Austin Western 7 ton tractor crane, serial #AW3, from a Load King lowboy tractor. In the process, the crane fell off the trailer and onto Employee #1, crushing and killing him. It is not known whether Employee #1 was driving the crane off the trailer or standing alongside the crane trying to reach its controls. The crane hook was still secured to the trailer; all other chains that should have been secured for travel had been removed. There were no witnesses to this accident.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, CRANE, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104511597			Fatality	Other	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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