Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14532162 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING CRANE BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14532162 -- Report ID: 1032100 -- Event Date: 07/13/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101898351	07/16/1987	2092	0	Dutch Harbor Seafoods Ltd

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WORKED AS A PROCESSOR, WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. FOR SOME REASON, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOLDING ONTO THE CRANE'S "SCHOONER LINE" WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE BEGAN CRANKING THE WINCH TO LOWER THE BOOM. THE FOUR TON BOOM BEGAN TO FALL, WITH EMPLOYEE #1 STILL HANGING ONTO THE SCHOONER LINE. THE PIPE HANGER, WHICH HOLDS EXCESS CABLE FROM THE SCHOONER LINE, WAS RIPPED FROM ITS BASE, ALLOWING THE BOOM TO FALL AND STRIKE EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM.

Keywords: CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, CRANE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101898351			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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