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Accident: 14495493 - Employee Injured When Struck By Crane Boom, Later Dies

**Accident: 14495493 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 05/30/1986**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
103636379	06/10/1986	1622	Whittwear Construction Company, Inc.

Employee #1, age 20, was removing a portion of the boom of a Lorain 325 25-ton wheel-mounted mobile boom crane. His lead man, the crane operator, was occupied elsewhere. Contrary to his instructions, Employee #1 removed the tip of the crane by taking out the bottom pins first. When the bottom two pins of the four pin attachment were removed, the boom collapsed onto the lower portion of his body. Employee #1 died nearly a week later of heart failure. He was working alone and of his own will.

Keywords: dismantling, collapse, pin, unsecured, crane boom, work rules, mobile crane, construction, cardiac arrest, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	103636379			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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