Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14290316 - CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN CRANE BOOM FELL ON HIM

Accident Summary Nr: 14290316 -- Report ID: 0214700 -- Event Date: 04/19/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100556000	04/20/1988	1629	0	Thompson Bros. Dock Builders

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 PM ON APRIL 19, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DISMANTLING A TRUCK CRANE BOOM (50' OF A 70' BOOM). THE BOOM WAS SUSPENDED ABOUT 5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. WHILE UNDER THE BOOM, EMPLOYEE #1 APPARENTLY REMOVED THE TWO LOWER PINS CONNECTING THE BOOM SECTIONS. HE HAD NOT BLOCKED THE BOOM OR REPOSITIONED THE PENDANT LINES. THE BOOM SECTIONS SPREAD APART AT THE BOTTOM AND THEN FELL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED BY THE FALLING BOOM. HE DIED ONE HOUR LATER IN THE HOSPITAL DUE TO CRUSHING CHEST INJURIES.

Keywords: CHEST, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, BLOCKS, CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, MOBILE CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100556000			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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