Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14234140 - EMPLOYEE HIT BY CRANE BOOM WHILE PLACING SKID

Accident Summary Nr: 14234140 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 05/15/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107528598	05/19/1992	1623	0	R. J. Pasley Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: ON MAY 15, 1992, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING UNDER THE CATERPILLAR SIDE BOOM TO PLACE A SKID UNDER THE 8-INCH PIPE THAT WAS LIFTED IN THE AIR BY THE SIDE BOOM. AT THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING THE SIDE BOOM, WITH THE PIPE LIFTED IN THE AIR, TO MAKE A CONNECTION WITH ANOTHER PIECE OF PIPE. THE WINCH JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, CAUSING THE BOOM TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 14 FEET AND HIT EMPLOYEE #1 ACROSS THE BACK OF THE SHOULDERS, KILLING HIM.

Keywords: SHOULDER, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107528598			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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