Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200120731 - Employee killed when crushed between crane mast and boom

Accident Summary Nr: 200120731 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 08/09/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303317705	08/09/2000	1542	0	J.H. Findorff & Sons Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were rigging the boom extension on a 220 ft tall Peco tower crane. The boom extension was held in place by another crane while the boom pendants were being connected. Before the pendants were attached, the locking pin holding the queen's mast was removed, causing it to pivot backward. Employee #1 became trapped and was crushed between the mast and the boom structure. He was killed.

Keywords: HOISTING MECHANISM, UNSECURED, CRANE BOOM, TOWER CRANE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	22	220	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303317705			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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