Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201510526 - Employee's jaw fractured when struck by falling crane boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201510526 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 08/16/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309994093	08/16/2007	1622	237990	Blue Iron Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on August 16, 2007, Employee #1, of Blue Iron, Inc., was disassembling a mobile lattice-boom crane. The crane boom was between 3 ft and 4 ft off the level ground and was supported by pendant cables, which ran from the struts on top of the car body to the end of the boom. Employee #1 was driving out the pins that held the bottom of the crane boom together. He had just driven out the second pin when the crane boom rotated around the two intact upper pins and then fell straight down, striking the right side of his face. Employee #1's jaw was fractured in two places.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, CRANE BOOM, MOBILE CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FACE, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309994093			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Crane and tower operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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