Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170206254 - Employee injured when crushed by crane boom

Accident Summary Nr: 170206254 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 06/20/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111841730	06/24/1991	2411	0	Simpson Timber Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 had just finished repairs on the grapple at the end of a delimber boom on a Komatsu PC 220 crane. He left the swing control of the crane in neutral and was stowing gear inside the cab of his truck with the passenger side door open. The operator started the engine to move crane, and the boom swung into Employee #1's truck. He was crushed between the door and the cab of the truck.

Keywords: UNSECURED, CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, TRUCK, LOGGING, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111841730			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Occupation not reported

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