Inspection Detail
Inspection: 1529908 - Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
Inspection Information - Office: Anchorage Area Office
Site Address:
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
Valdez Terminal
Valdez, AK 99686
Mailing Address:
Box 300 Valdez Terminal Alyeska Operations, Valdez, AK 99686
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:4491
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: Y
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 12/16/1984
Planning Guide: Safety-Construction
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 12/16/1984
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
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Accident | 360557094 |
Investigation Summary
ON DECEMBER 15, 1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:45 AM EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A 35-TON GROVE RT 65-5 ROUGH TERRAIN CRANE. HE WAS LIFTING AND SWINGING A 50-FOOT LENGTH OF BOOM SECTION, WHICH HAD JUST BEEN DISMANTLED FROM THE FIXED BERTH CRANE ON BERTH 5. THE BOOM SECTION, WHICH WEIGHED 3,100 POUNDS, WAS TO BE PLACED ON A FLATBED TRAILER AND TAKEN TO A STORAGE AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 SWUNG THE LOAD OVER THE WATER. THE BOOM WAS EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 67 FEET AT A 42 DEGREE ANGLE. THE OUTRIGGERS WERE NOT EXTENDED. AT THIS TIME, THE CRANE BEGAN TO TILT ON ITS SIDE. IT THEN FELL THROUGH A GUARDRAIL AND DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET INTO THE WATER. EMPLOYEE #1 DROWNED.
Keywords: CRANE OUTRIGGER, CRANE BOOM, DROWN, CRANE OPERATOR, CRANE, OVERTURN, WATER
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1529908 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Occupation not reported |