Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200355287 - Employee Is Crushed by Crane Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 200355287 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 01/30/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309740140	01/30/2006	1622	237310	S. T. Wooten Corporation

Abstract: On January 30, 2006, Employee #1 was crushed by the lower end section of the lattice boom of a Link Belt truck-mounted crane (model number HC 218A). The employee was working underneath the boom to remove the second lower pin, and when it was removed, the unsecured boom fell on him. Employee #1 was killed. .

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, BOOM, PIN, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, POINT OF OPERATION, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, CRANE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309740140			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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