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Inspection Information - Office: Syracuse | ||||
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| Nr: 106159874 | Report ID: 0215800 | Open Date: 08/21/1997 | ||
| Colonial Rigging & Contracting Corp. | ||||
| Alcan Aluminum Plant Lake Rd. North Oswego, NY 13126 | Union Status: Union | |||
| SIC: 1799/Special Trade Contractors, Not Elsewhere Classified | ||||
| Mailing: P. O. Box 153, Syracuse, NY 13206 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 11/19/1997 | |
| Planning Guide: | Safety-Manufacturing | Close Case: | 11/19/1997 | |
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 100880210 | |||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 200880094 | Event: 08/21/1997 | Employee Killed When Struck By Falling Crane Block | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 106159874 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported | ||