Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 568535 - Employee killed when operator's cab is crushed by boom

Accident Summary Nr: 568535 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 08/09/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107574576	08/12/1991	1629	0	Machen Construction Co.

Abstract: Employee #1, 70 years old, was moving an FMC 96,000 pound Link Belt drag line into position to take it off a barge. The employee misjudged his position on the barge and the machine ran off the front edge of the barge and nose dived into the soft dirt which had been pushed up against the barge. This caused the 56,000 pound counterweight to shift to the left, in turn causing the 100 foot boom to lift into the air and then fall back across part of the operator's cab. Employee #1 was crushed and pinned in the cab. He died instantly.

Keywords: BOOM, COUNTERBALANCE, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107574576			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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