Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202675336 - Employee Fractures Metatarsal When Boom Drops

Accident Summary Nr: 202675336 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/25/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317245553	08/08/2013	1611	237310	Mcm Construction, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on July 25, 2013, Employee #1, of MCM Construction, Inc., was disassembling the boom sections of a crane to alter the length of the boom. The employee stood on the ground, inside of the boom framework, and drove the bottom two pins holding two sections of the boom together, outward using a sledgehammer. As the second pin was removed, the bottom of both boom sections dropped to the ground, resulting in one of the sections striking Employee #1 and pinning his left foot beneath the frame. The employer transported the employee to Methodist Hospital, where he was admitted and underwent surgery to repair fractures to the first, second, and third metatarsals. Employee #1 remained hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DISMANTLING, BOOM, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317245553			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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