Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200672251 - Employee killed when struck by falling crane boom

Accident Summary Nr: 200672251 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 10/29/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301889804	11/01/1999	1629	0	Stemic Marine Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were using a Link Belt LS-78 crawler crane, serial #7D986, that was on a barge to demolish a pier. The boom was at an extreme angle that gave it only 5 ft of clearance above the barge and pilings when it fell and pinned him against the pilings. Employee #1 was killed. Apparently, there had been a mechanical problem with the sheave and guide bar at the top of the boom, although the coworker said it had been corrected. The boom was neither blocked nor cribbed when Employee #1 positioned himself underneath it.

Keywords: DEMOLITION, UNSECURED, CRANE BOOM, PINNED, WORK RULES, CRAWLER CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, FALLING OBJECT, MECH MALFUNCTION, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301889804			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Crane and tower operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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