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Accident Summary Nr: 200271872 - Employee Is Struck by Broken Boom and Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200271872 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 07/23/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310802038	07/23/2008	1791	238120	Area Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: On July 23, 2008, Employee #1 was working with a crew to set open web bar joists for a roof system on a precast concrete building. Coworker #1 was operating a Link-Belt LS 218H crane to hoist bar joist to the crew working from man lifts. Employee #1 was part of the crew working from the man lifts. Coworker #2 heard a snapping noise and saw the boom hoist wire rope breaking apart between the drum and the top of the Gantry. Coworker #2 yelled to Coworker #1 that the boom hoist cable broke, causing the boom to fall. The boom struck Employee #1 in the elevated man lift. Employee #1 collapsed, suffered blunt force trauma, and later died. The weather at the site was warm and sunny with little to no wind.

Keywords: BOOM, BROKEN CABLE, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310802038			Fatality	Other	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Connecting Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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