Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1529908 - Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

Inspection Information - Office: Anchorage Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1529908

Report ID: 1032100

Date Opened: 12/16/1984

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

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360557094

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14532006

Event: 12/15/1984

CRANE OPERATOR DROWNED AFTER HIS CRANE FELL INTO THE WATER

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

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1529908			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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