Inspection Detail

Inspection: 106159874 - Colonial Rigging & Contracting Corp.

Inspection Information - Office: Syracuse Area Office

Investigation Summary

Employee #1 was working in a basement, installing a new heat exchanger. A 125-ton overhead crane with an auxiliary 15-ton hook assembly had been used to maneuver the heat exchanger into position. The crane operator was raising the hook and repositioning the cab-operated crane, the block assembly broke free and fell into the basement, striking and killing Employee #1. The wire rope suspending the hook assembly had sheared as the hook assembly two-blocked into the underside of the crane bridge.

Keywords: WORK RULES, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, OVERHEAD CRANE, STRUCK BY, TWO-BLOCKING, PULLEY, CRANE BLOCK, FALLING OBJECT, SHEARED