Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14301196 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK IN CHEST BY BOULDER

Accident Summary Nr: 14301196 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 01/23/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105918031	01/23/1987	1741	0	Tokunaga Masonry Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER WORKER WERE CONSTRUCTING PLYWOOD FORMS FOR A CONCRETE SEA WALL. FOUR FEET AWAY FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITE, A GROVE HYDRAULIC BOOM CRANE WAS LIFTING A 2 TO 3 TON BOULDER TO A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 2 FEET ABOCE THE GROUND. THE BOULDER SUDDENLY SLIPPED OUT OF THE WIRE ROPE SLING AND ROLLED INTO THE CONSTRUCTION AREA, SMASHING THE FORMS. THE PLYWOOD FORMS AND STEEL REBAR SIMULTANEOUSLY STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN. HE LATER DIED OF MULTIPLE TRAUMATIC INJURIES.

Keywords: CHEST, ABDOMEN, UNSECURED, BOULDER, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, SLING, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105918031			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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