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Accident: 200775369 - Employee Is Crushed By Falling Metal Road Plate

**Accident: 200775369 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 10/03/2008**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
312589450	10/03/2008	1799	Boston Power Crushing Corp.

On October 3, 2008, an employee was installing a large metal plate, to act as a debris shield, for a portable crushing machine. The plate was being lowered by an excavator and set into place. The plate fell on the employee, killing him.

Keywords: hoisting mechanism, construction, crushed, excavator, struck by, falling object

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	312589450			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site grading and rock removal FatCause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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