Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 1001072 - Employee injured dodging falling boom

Accident Summary Nr: 1001072 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 04/15/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104261821	04/15/1992	1791	0	Pitt-Des Moines, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were on the load of an elevated derrick jumping the boom when 20 to 30 mph winds caught the boom and tipped it over. Trying to get out of the way, the two employees bailed off the jump box. The coworker slid down a guy line and was uninjured. Employee #1 fell 30 ft to the concrete and fractured bones in his feet. The employees were constructing an aboveground water tank.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, BOOM, CONSTRUCTION, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104261821			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers

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