Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 639666 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING CRANE BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 639666 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 05/15/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100835354	05/19/1987	5093	0	A & A Truck Parts, Inc.

Abstract: AT 3:15 PM ON MAY 15, 1987, AN EMPLOYEE ENGAGED IN CLEANING A SCAFFOLD CRANE FROM A YARD AREA OF A JUNK YARD WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A FALLING BOOM FROM A CRANE (KOEHRING MODEL #305 S 11475). THE CRANE OPERATOR INDICATED HE RELEASED THE BOOM LOCK TO LOWER THE BOOM AND THE RETRACT CLUTCH MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BOOM TO FALL. THERE WAS NO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR THE CRANE.

Keywords: BOOM, CLUTCH, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100835354			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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