Three Ironworkers Die After Heavy-Lift Crane Tips Over - Wisconsin: FACE 99-11

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  On July 14, 1999, three male ironworkers (the victims), ages 39, 40, and 52, died after falling approximately 300 feet to the ground when the suspended personnel platform they were occupying was struck by the uncontrolled load of a heavy-lift crane. The victims were working in windy conditions during the construction of a county sports stadium. The three ironworkers were suspended about 300 feet above the ground to observe the hoisting of a 450-ton roof section. The roof section had been hoisted to about 330 feet and transported over its connection location by the heavy-lift crane crew. As the roof section was being lowered into place, the heavy-lift crane began to tip over. The crane continued tipping, and the roof section collided with the personnel platform, knocking it and the victims to the ground. Fire department and emergency medical personnel were immediately notified and responded within 5 minutes. The victims were pronounced dead on site by the county medical examiner.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 5
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Construction
  • Construction-equipment
  • Construction-workers
  • Injury-prevention
  • Occupational-accidents
  • Occupational-hazards
  • Occupational-safety-programs
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  All ; Energy Production
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE9911
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Wisconsin ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  13 pdf pages
• Volume:
  1999
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024464
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2005-102139
• Citation:
  Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
• Start Date:
  1999/07/14
• Resource Number:
  FACE 99-11
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167329/cdc_167329_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.75 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f8149d21c8d04af00468d909913f8f6395c1aec3677ad71ffc8541859be673ab83c27f6575931fe7d7f7afd9be29657738e8d987a21aa9c994300a8629a314fe