Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200812337 - Employee Is Crushed by Articulating Boom and Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 200812337 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 03/13/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310690201	03/13/2007	1731	238210	Don Robertson Electric Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing in the bed of a 1-ton utility truck with articulating boom and bucket extended to approximately 3 ft off the ground. The bolts holding the boom to the truck bed, underneath the truck, sheared allowing the boom to fall off the bed of the truck. The boom collapsed on the truck, pinning Employee #1 against the bed of the truck. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, FRACTURE, BOOM, COLLAPSE, CRUSHED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310690201			Fatality	Fracture	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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