Accident Report Detail

Accident: 170249932 - Employee'S Back Fractured When Struck By Falling Boom

**Accident: 170249932 -- Report ID: 1055350 -- Event Date: 07/13/2000**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
303655187	07/20/2000	1521	Randall Palmer Const Inc

Employee #1, of Palmer Construction, was using an overhead pumping apparatus owned by Crumpacker Construction to pour concrete into a vertical form. The apparatus came apart and part of the falling boom struck Employee #1's lower back. He suffered fractured vertebrae.

Keywords: concrete form work, concrete pump, fracture, boom, construction, equipment failure, back, falling object, pump, vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	303655187			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:2 Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause: Fall, other

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