Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200677714 - Employee Is Killed When Boom Joint Fails

Accident Summary Nr: 200677714 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 04/27/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313101131	04/27/2009	1771	238110	C & C Concrete Pumping Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:45 a.m. on April 27, 2009, Employee #1 and four coworkers were in the process of pouring a concrete slab using a truck-mounted concrete pump. Employee #1 was crushed and killed when a welded joint of a section of the boom failed, causing it to collapse.

Keywords: CONCRETE PUMP, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, TRUCK BOOM, CONCRETE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313101131			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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