ML20249B536

PNO- 76-090:on 760517,failure of Portable Crane Boom Resulted in Death of Two Construction Employees.Crane Was Being Used for Movement of Personnel Bucket & Became Unbalanced & Failure of Boom Occurred

ML20249B536
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	05/18/1976
From:	Roy G, Thompson D, Whitt K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
References
PNO-76-090, PNO-76-90, NUDOCS 9806230276
Download: ML20249B536 (1)

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~ PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATIr"

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• . . *a May 18, 1976 CO PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-76-90 pel lAkh This prelimin ev notification constitutes EARLY notice of an event of POSSIBLE safety or public interest-significance. The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by IE staff on this date.

FACILITY: Comanche

• Peak 1 and 2 (Docket Nos. 50-445 & 50-446 Texas Utilities Generating' Company

SUBJECT:

DEATH OF TWO CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES The failure of a portable crane boom resulted in the death of two construction employees on May 17, 1976. The crane was being used for movement of a personnel bucket (unoccupied at the time of the

, occurrence). The crane became unbalanced and the failure of the boom occurred. The crane boom came to rest in the turbine mat area.

Work in the immediate vicinity has been discontinued pending j completion of an OSHA investigation. ,

The constructor released information to the press on May 17, 1976, and the story has been carried by the local media.

l_ This Preliminary Notification is issued for information only and no j further action by IE is anticipated.

Region IV (Dallas) received notification of this occurrence by tele. phone at 8:15 a.m., May 18, 1976, from the utility Project _

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Contact:

KWhite, IE x27261 GRoy, IE x27261 DThompson, -IE x27541 Distribution:

j Chairman Rowden Commissioner Mason S. J. Chilk, SECY t

Commissioner Gilinsky C. C. Kammerer, CA G. F. Murphy, JCAE Commissioner Kennedy l

L. V. Gossick, EDO '

E. Volgenau, OIE J. A. Harris, PA

3. C. Rusche, NRR J. La Fleur, ISP T. J. McTiernan, AIA

, K. R.. Chapman, NMSS H. K. Shapar, ELD Transmitted: P Bidg 2.  ; MNBB L-

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