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Accident Summary Nr: 151935.015 - One employee is killed and another is injured in crane colla

Accident Summary Nr: 151935.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 12/06/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1637847.015	12/06/2022		532412	Sterett Crane And Rigging Llc

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on December 6, 2022, employee #1, the lift director, and coworkers were installing a new kerosene hydrotreater reactor on its foundation at an oil refinery. The employees were lifting the reactor with a Terex 2800 Lattice Boom Track Crane when it tipped over and fell into a process flare line. Shackles had been installed the previous day to connect the super-lift counterweight frame to the connecting rods. Specific connecting rods were required by the manufacturer. During the lift, the two counterweight frame connectors sheared. The super-lift support rods became immediately free from the super-lift counterweight frame and fell with one section striking the head of employee #1. The crane dropped the load in the pipe rack. The superstructure counterweights fell from their racks and struck the crane cab knocking it under the boom. Employee #1 was killed due to head trauma. Employee #2, the crane operator, was hospitalized to treat head, back, hip, pelvis, and lower leg injuries as he fell from and exited the cab.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Counterweight, Crane, Crane Cab, Crane Counterweight, Crane Load, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Fracture, Frame, Head, Hip, Leg, Lifting, Pelvis, Reactor, Refinery, Sheared, Struck By, Support Posts

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Refinery		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1637847.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Crane Operator	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:
2	1637847.015	47	M	Fatality		Crane Operator	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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