Accident Report Detail

Accident: 14271886 - Employees Injured When Crane Boom Collapses

**Accident: 14271886 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 06/01/1989**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
100770684	06/01/1989	7359	Arute Brothers, Inc.

At approximately 11:55 a.m. on July 1, 1989, Employees #1 and #2 and a coworker were disconnecting the boom section of an Erie Bucyrus crane, serial #127405. The coworker removed the lower pins between the boom's first and second sections before the support cable was connected to the boom's first section. As a result there was no support for the boom and it collapsed, injuring Employees #1 and #2. Employee #2 was hospitalized.

Keywords: dismantling, collapse, unsecured, crane boom, work rules, falling object

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	100770684			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
2	100770684			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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