Fatality Narrative: Crane Rigger Killed When Struck by Falling Crane Load

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On November 25, 2008, a 46-year-old rigger died when he was struck by a falling load being lifted by a crane. The victim worked for a heavy construction and crane service company. He had been inspecting, rigging, and operating cranes for over 20 years and had been trained and certified as a crane inspector. On the day of the incident the victim was working as the rigger. The job involved moving two crane gantry legs from a staging area to a work area. Each weighed nearly 49,000 pounds. One gantry leg had been successfully picked, placed on a lowboy trailer, and then unloaded by the crane. The second gantry leg was loaded onto the trailer and moved to the work area. The victim was standing by to steady the load with his hand to keep it from swinging. As the crane picked the load off the trailer and began to swing it over to the work area, the rigging straps failed and the load fell on the victim. An investigation determined that the rigging slings failed due to heat friction. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Education Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Construction Construction Equipment Cranes Equipment Design Equipment Maintenance Equipment Operation Equipment Reliability Fatalities Hazards Safety Education Safety Equipment Safety Measures Safety Practices Training Traumatic Injuries Work Environment Workers Worker Safety

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051645
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-98-2010, 2010 Nov; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: crane rigger killed when struck by falling crane load
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228775/cdc_228775_DS1.pdf
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