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Accident Summary Nr: 14532006 - CRANE OPERATOR DROWNED AFTER HIS CRANE FELL INTO THE WATER

Accident Summary Nr: 14532006 -- Report ID: 1032100 -- Event Date: 12/15/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1529908	12/16/1984	4491	0	Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

Abstract: ON DECEMBER 15, 1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:45 AM EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A 35-TON GROVE RT 65-5 ROUGH TERRAIN CRANE. HE WAS LIFTING AND SWINGING A 50-FOOT LENGTH OF BOOM SECTION, WHICH HAD JUST BEEN DISMANTLED FROM THE FIXED BERTH CRANE ON BERTH 5. THE BOOM SECTION, WHICH WEIGHED 3,100 POUNDS, WAS TO BE PLACED ON A FLATBED TRAILER AND TAKEN TO A STORAGE AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 SWUNG THE LOAD OVER THE WATER. THE BOOM WAS EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 67 FEET AT A 42 DEGREE ANGLE. THE OUTRIGGERS WERE NOT EXTENDED. AT THIS TIME, THE CRANE BEGAN TO TILT ON ITS SIDE. IT THEN FELL THROUGH A GUARDRAIL AND DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET INTO THE WATER. EMPLOYEE #1 DROWNED.

Keywords: CRANE OUTRIGGER, CRANE BOOM, DROWN, CRANE OPERATOR, CRANE, OVERTURN, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1529908			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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