Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 1008853 - EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED FRACTURES WHEN STRUCK BY BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 1008853 -- Report ID: 0253630 -- Event Date: 07/31/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104879671	08/01/1989	1611	0	Chautauqua Co Dpw Bridge #1046 Job Site 1989

Abstract: An employee was removing connecting pins on the middle section of a crane boom of a 25-ton link belt angle type boom truck. The boom was raised 5 ft in the air and collapsed when the employee failed to relocate the boom pendant back behind the disconnecting point. The boom struck the employee causing multiple fractures, and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BOOM, COLLAPSE, CRANE BOOM, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104879671			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Crane and tower operators

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