Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200901163 - Employee killed after being struck by a crane's bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200901163 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 10/23/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109147850	10/23/2002	1611	237310	Tic - The Industrial Company

Abstract: On October 23, 2002, Employee #1 was taking the measurements of a clam shell bucket on the American crawler crane. The crane was landed over unstable wood cribbing positioned on a sloped surface, causing the bucket to fall over on Employee #1. Employee #1 was killed. The accident was caused because the surface that the clam shell bucket was placed on was unstable. The clam shell bucket not being safely positioned, secured, or blocked before tension was released on the holding line. The soil under the wooden cribbing where the clam shell bucket was placed and the wood cribbing that was placed between the barge for the crane and the river bank was not level. The earthen material underneath the wooden cribbing was observed to have cracks and fissures, indicating that the movement of the barge during the operation of the crane and during the water river changes. These factors created an unstable surface to safely place the clam shell bucket.

Keywords: BARGE, MEASURING DEVICE, UNSECURED, UNSTABLE SURFACE, STRUCK BY, SLOPE, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109147850			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erection of coffer dams, caissons Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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