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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30331770508/09/200015420J.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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