Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14408363 - Employee crushed and killed by crane boom

Accident Summary Nr: 14408363 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 02/24/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107487670	02/25/1997	1795	0	Port Iron And Supply Co. Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was dismantling a crawler crane's lattice boom. He removed the boom pins from the foot section joint without supporting the foot section. It fell after the last pin was removed, pinning Employee #1 against the ground. He was killed.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, CRANE BOOM, PINNED, WORK RULES, CRAWLER CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Maintenance or repair		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	107487670			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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