Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200332161 - Employee Is Killed When Boom Strikes

Accident Summary Nr: 200332161 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 10/20/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312570724	10/21/2008	1542	236220	Hoogendoorn Construction

Abstract: On October 20, 2008, Employee #1, a construction worker, was welding steel roof joist on top of a 14-ft high cinder block wall. The boom of a crane that tipped over struck Employee #1's chest and killed him.

Keywords: CHEST, JOIST, ROOF, WALL, BOOM, BLOCKS, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, STRUCK BY, CRANE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312570724			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Welding/Bu Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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