Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 768614 - CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN CRANE COUNTERWEIGHT HIT HIM

Accident Summary Nr: 768614 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 11/18/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100788470	11/24/1987	1611	0	Jensen Construction Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100788637	12/07/1987	7359	0	Davis Motor Crane Service, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. THEY WERE NEARLY DONE WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 DECIDED TO HELP THE CRANE CREW GET THE CRANE READY TO BE MOVED. EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN PLACING THE METAL OUTRIGGER PLATES INTO HOLDERS ON THE REAR OF A GROVE TM 875 CRANE. HE POSITIONED HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE REAR ENGINE HOUSING AND A RETRACTABLE COUNTERWEIGHT. AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CRANE SERVICE COMPANY ACTIVATED A HYDRAULIC SWITCH TO RETRACT THE COUNTERWEIGHT. EMPLOYEE #1'S HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ENGINE HOUSING AND THE RETRACTING COUNTERWEIGHT AND WAS CRUSHED. HE WAS KILLED.

Keywords: HEAD, COUNTERBALANCE, WORK RULES, INATTENTION, DISMANTLING, CRUSHED, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100788470			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	100788637					Occupation Not Listed

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