Rigging Crew Leader Crushed by Light Tower Weight — Massachusetts

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE19MA072

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Rigging Crew Leader Crushed by Light Tower Weight — Massachusetts

2023/12/18
By Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health

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On December 28, 2019, a male 34-year-old rigging crew leader was fatally injured while assisting in the construction of a stage light tower. He was helping to position a light tower ballast weight when it slid off the forks of an all-terrain telehandler and crushed him. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS - Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include: Working within the fall zone of hoisted materials; Failure to conduct a job hazard analysis; Failure to provide required training to equipment operators; Lack of coordination of safety and health programs at a multi-employer worksite. RECOMMENDATIONS - Massachusetts FACE investigators concluded that to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1) Ensure that employees are not within the fall zone of material being transported. 2) Ensure employees routinely perform a job hazard analysis prior to the start of a job task. 3) Ensure that employees who operate equipment are properly trained. 4) Ensure that multi-employer worksite employers coordinate to develop, implement, and enforce safety and health programs at a shared site.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident Analysis Accidents Entertainment Industry Fatalities Forklifts Lighting Systems Materials Handling NIOSH Region 1 Safety Practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Other (0019)

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Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE19MA072
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Massachusetts
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-13
NIOSHTIC Number:

20069097
Citation:

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 19MA072, 2023 Dec; :1-13
Federal Fiscal Year:

2024
Performing Organization:

Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

53 - Real Estate and Rental and Leasing - (NAICS 2022) ; 532490 - Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing - (NAICS 2022)

53 - Real Estate and Rental and Leasing - (NAICS 2022) ; 532490 - Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing - (NAICS 2022) Less -
Start Date:

2005/07/01
Source Full Name:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
End Date:

2026/06/30
Resource Number:

FACE-19MA072
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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