Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14450332 - Employee killed by crane boom failure

Accident Summary Nr: 14450332 -- Report ID: 0420300 -- Event Date: 07/31/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102717410	08/01/1990	1522	0	R.N. Rouse & Co. Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:50 a.m. on July 31, 1990, Employee #1, a carpenter, was standing on a retaining wall guiding a concrete bucket filled with stone that was suspended with a 25-ton mobile crane. The boom hoist cable broke, allowing the boom to fall and strike Employee #1 on the head and neck. He was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, CARPENTER, CRANE BOOM, MOBILE CRANE, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, NECK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102717410			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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