Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200450658 - Employee killed when crushed by crane load of pipes

Accident Summary Nr: 200450658 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 06/10/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302613930	06/10/1999	1541	0	Boh Brothers Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a crew foreman, had just fallen to the ground when a pile-driving pipe fell from a nearby flatbed trailer truck and tripped him. As he was getting back up, a crawler crane was lifting a load of pile-driving pipes, swinging it toward the flatbed. Employee #1 became caught between the crane load and the trailer. He sustained fatal injuries when his head was crushed the truck bed.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, HEAD, WORK RULES, SUSPENDED LOAD, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRIPPED, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302613930			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pile driving Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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