Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201923463 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Crane Sections

Accident Summary Nr: 201923463 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 04/28/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308315068	04/28/2005	7353	532412	Jcr Crane, Inc.

Abstract: On April 28, 2005, Employee #1 was separating a crawler-crane boom to add a 20-ft section. He failed to place any cribbing before positioning himself under the two sections he was to separate. When Employee #1 knocked out the two bottom pins of a boom joint, the two boom sections on either side of this joint dropped. He was struck by these sections and killed.

Keywords: HEAD, BOOM, PIN, CRANE BOOM, CRAWLER CRANE, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, DUNNAGE, CRANE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308315068			Fatality	Concussion	Crane and tower operators

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