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Accident Summary Nr: 14224596 - EMPLOYEES STRUCK BY FALLING STEEL BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14224596 -- Report ID: 0355119 -- Event Date: 09/03/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3314366	09/04/1986	2452	0	Virginia Homes Manufacturing Corporation

Abstract: AT ABOUT 12:45 PM ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1986, EMPLOYEES #1, #2 AND #3 WERE HOOKING A 48 FOOT WALL SECTION TO A 40 FOOT STEEL BOOM. THE BOOM WAS ATTACHED TO THE LOAD HOOK OF A ONE-TON CHAIN HOIST. WHILE HOOKING THE HOOKS ON THE BOOM TO THE SECTION OF WALL, THE BOOM SLID OUT OF THE LOAD HOOK AND FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE HEAD BETWEEN HIS NOSE AND RIGHT EAR. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS GRAZED ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD, WHILE EMPLOYEE #3 WAS STRUCK ON THE SHOULDER. EMPLOYEES #2 & #3 WERE NOT HOSPITALIZED. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED AT THE SITE FROM MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES.

Keywords: HEAD, SHOULDER, BOOM, WORK RULES, HOIST, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3314366	Fatality	Concussion	Carpenters
2	3314366	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters
3	3314366	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters

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