Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 753632 - Employee killed when struck by falling crane boom

Accident Summary Nr: 753632 -- Report ID: 0931700 -- Event Date: 08/23/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107065203	08/24/1988	9711	0	Naval Ocean Systems Center

Abstract: Employee #1, a rigger-helper on a Naval Ocean Systems Center work crew, was helping to stow a crane after a day's work placing approximately 6,000-lb Mark II relocation buoys. The boom was 25 to 30 degrees from the centerline to the starboard side and approximately 25 ft above the deck. A 0.5-in. cable was secured to the main line hook and then to a shackle on the starboard Skagit winch to limit the swing of the boom when the barge pitched or yawed. The crane operator had secured the boom hoist and was taking up some strain on the main line hoist and the cable when the boom mechanism failed. The boom fell approximately 25 ft, striking and killing Employee #1.

Keywords: BARGE, HOISTING MECHANISM, COLLAPSE, CRANE BOOM, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107065203			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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