Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170067276 - Employee killed when crushed by collapsing boom

Accident Summary Nr: 170067276 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 07/14/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119531515	07/14/1992	1622	0	Richard F. Kline Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on July 14, 1992, Employee #1, a concrete finisher, was underneath a 20 ft long section of a lattice boom that was 60 ft long and attached to a 45-ton Link-Belt crawler, serial # 9LG5674, model 5-108B. He was removing the two bottom pins with a sledge hammer when the boom collapsed onto him. Employee #1 suffered multiple injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. He had not been properly trained on the crane manufacturer's requirements for dismantling the boom section and had not blocked under the crane boom sections to prevent them from moving.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, BOOM, COLLAPSE, BLOCKS, CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119531515			Fatality	Other	Concrete and terrazzo finishers

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