Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201311057 - Employee is killed in crane collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 201311057 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 09/03/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113673313	09/04/2003	1721	237310	Union Maintenance Corp.

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on September 3, 2003, Employee #1 with Union Maintenance was removing debris from a floating dry dock by shoveling it into large dump buckets which were then removed by a barge mounted crane. After the crane's boom cable snapped, its 200-ft-long boom to fell onto the 37-ft-high south wing wall of the dry dock. The boom then fell into the dry dock, striking Employee #1 in the head, and killing him.

Keywords: HEAD, DOCK, WIRE ROPE, COLLAPSE, CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		37	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113673313			Fatality	Other	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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