Accident Report Detail

Accident: 14478499 - Two Employees Killed By Falling Boom

**Accident: 14478499 -- Report ID: 0317020 -- Event Date: 10/17/1984**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
2015758	10/19/1984	1629	American Dredging Co

Some employees were using a frame derrick mounted on a barge to hoist 30-in.-diameter dredge pipe onto the deck of another barge. The boom broke, and the falling boom struck and killed two employees and injured two others.

Keywords: derrick, barge, boom, collapse, equipment failure, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	2015758	Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	2015758	Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
3	2015758	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
4	2015758	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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