Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170237655 - Employee Crushed To Death By Collapsing Crane Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 170237655 -- Report ID: 1055360 -- Event Date: 07/14/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111336277	07/14/1993	1622	0	Hurlen Construction Co

Abstract: Workers were extending a crane boom. Employee #1, the operator, was under the live boom, which was suspended 4 ft above the ground, knocking out the connecting pins. The boom collapsed onto the employee when he drove out the pins. The boom, a Bucyrus Erie, model 30B, serial #134673, should have been cribbed up.

Keywords: collapse, pin, crane boom, work rules, construction, crushed

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111336277			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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