Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14254544 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY FALLING CRANE BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14254544 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 06/12/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3030483	06/12/1987	1622	0	Blythe Industries, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED THE JOB OF DISMANTLING A CRANE BOOM. AS HE WAS REMOVING THE BOTTOM TAPER PINS FROM BENEATH THE BUTT AND POINT JOINT SECTIONS, THE UNSUPPORTED AND UNSECURED SECTIONS PIVOTED DOWNWARDS ONTO HIM. HE RECEIVED FATAL BLUNT TRAUMA INJURIES AND COMPRESSION ASPHYXIA.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3030483			Fatality	Asphyxia	Carpenters

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