Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200710226 - Employee killed when pinned by falling boom section

Accident Summary Nr: 200710226 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 06/26/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300512993	06/30/1997	1799	0	Ats Drilling, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on June 26, 1997, Employee #1 was disassembling the boom of a FMC Link Belt truck crane to add on a 20 ft boom section. The crane operator had lowered the boom to disassemble the middle section. Employee #1 got under the boom and had removed the bottom pins when the boom section fell on him. He was pinned underneath and was killed.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, BOOM, UNSECURED, PINNED, TRUCK CRANE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300512993			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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