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Crane Accident Construction Worker Deaths by Cause
In July 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics released its report on crane-related worker deaths ocurring in 2006. The pie chart below summarizes 2006 crane accident construction worker fatalities by cause of death.
In 2006, crane accidents caused the deaths of 72 construction workers. This includes deaths where the source of the injury was a construction crane accident, the secondary source of the injury was a construction crane accident, or where the construction worker killed was operating a crane.
The source of injury or illness identifies the object, substance, bodily motion, or exposure which directly produced or inflicted the injury. The secondary source of injury identifies the object, substance, or person that generated the source of injury or that contributed to the event or exposure. The source and secondary source are based on the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification (OIICS) manual. More information on OIICS can be found here: http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshoiics.htm. The worker activity describes what the worker was doing at the time of the fatal injury or exposure. Worker activity is an internal codes used by the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) program.
Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
Construction Crane Accident Causes
Crane accidents are a leading cause of construction site injury and death.
OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Heath Administration) has identified the following as the major causes of construction crane accidents:
- boom or crane contact with energized power lines (nearly 45% of the cases)
- under the hook lifting device
- overturned cranes
- dropped loads
- boom collapse
- crushing by the counter weight
- crushing by the counter weight
- falls
- rigging failures
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