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Accident Summary Nr: 601229 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY CRANE SHACKLE

Accident Summary Nr: 601229 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 02/25/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102957032	02/26/1988	7359	0	Johnnie F. Cooper, Incorporated
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102957040	02/26/1988	1611	0	J. A. Rayfield, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102957024	02/26/1988	1611	0	K & L Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN, WAS KILLED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY A SHACKLE. THE AUXILARY LINE OF AN AMERICAN CRAWLER CRANE, MODEL 7260, EQUIPPED WITH A 100 FOOT BOOM, WAS GETTING IN THE WAY. THE LINE WAS ATTACHED BY A SHACKLE TO A SHIPPING EYE AT THE BASE OF THE BOOM. EMPLOYEE #1 DECIDED TO ATTACH THE RETRACTABLE REEL TAG LINE TO THE CONCRETE BUCKET BUCKET TO PREVENT IT FROM ROTATING. EMPLOYEE #1 SIGNALED THE CRANE OPERATOR TO LOWER THE BOOM DOWN SO HE COULD REACH THE TAG LINE. WHEN THE BOOM WAS LOWERED FROM 55 DEGREES TO 25 DEGREES, TENSION ON THE AUXILARY LOAD LINE GOT SO GREAT THAT THE SHACKLE BROKE THE SHIPPING EYE. THE SHACKLE/BUCKET ASSEMBLY FLEW OUT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY FOR 11 MONTHS.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, INATTENTION, CONSTRUCTION, SHACKLE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102957032			Occupation Not Listed
2	102957040			Occupation Not Listed
3	102957024	Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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