Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 644476 - Employee killed when crushed between dozer and crane boom

Accident Summary Nr: 644476 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 08/21/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109891473	08/21/1990	1389	0	Interstate Industrial Corp.

Abstract: On Tuesday, August 21, 1990, Employee #1, a laborer, was part of a crew that was rigging a John Deere dozer (model #555) in preparation for the dozer to be lifted by a Groves hydraulic crane (model #1275) over a 12 foot wall into a tank farm area. Employee #1 was standing between the boom arm and the frame. The operator lowered a rope sling on top of the dozer and grabbed the front two ropes. One of the two wire ropes for the back of the unit became hooked around the control levers of the dozer, which had been left running. When Employee #1 grabbed the cable it activated the boom, which crushed him between the boom and the body of the dozer. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: WIRE ROPE, CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, CONTROL LEVER, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, OIL WELL SERVICING, BULLDOZER, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109891473			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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