Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170392203 - Employee killed when pinned under fallen boom sections

Accident Summary Nr: 170392203 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 04/19/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124014325	04/19/1995	7353	0	David Steward Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:22 p.m. on April 19, 1995, Employee #1 and a crane operator were disassembling the point boom section from the butt boom section of a mobile truck crane. The booms were approximately 3 to 4 feet off the ground when Employee #1 went under the point and butt sections to knock out the two lower pins. The pendant lines were in place and the two sections collapsed, pinning Employee #1. He was killed.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, CRANE BOOM, PINNED, TRUCK CRANE, WORK RULES, MOBILE CRANE, STRUCK BY, TRUCK BOOM, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124014325			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Heavy equipment mechanics

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