Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201403011 - Employee injured when struck by falling truck boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201403011 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 05/07/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127020931	05/12/1999	1623	0	Detroit Edison Co

Abstract: Employee #1 was in the vicinity as a boom lift truck was being used to raise a transformer. The truck boom failed, shearing off at the pedestal and striking Employee #1 as it fell. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: BOOM, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, TRUCK BOOM, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127020931			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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