Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 69879.015 - Crane operator is killed when crushed by falling crane boom.

Accident Summary Nr: 69879.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 01/12/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1017438.015	01/12/2015		238990	Taylor Excavating Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 11:09 a.m. on January 12, 2015, Employee #1 and three coworkers, employed by a construction excavation contractor, were conducting disassembly operations on the boom of a Grove Truck Crane, Model HL150T. All the workers were Certified Crane Operators (CCO), and the operator of the Grove Truck Crane was the supervisor for the operation. Employee #1 was the operator of a boom truck brought to the site to be used as an assist crane during the disassembly operation. Employee #1 was standing on a concrete slab under the boom of the Grove Truck Crane. The crane was approximately 4 to 5 feet off the ground. When Employee #1 removed two bottom pins from a 25-footlong head section of the boom, the boom fell to the ground. It struck and pinned Employee #1 against the concrete slab, causing traumatic asphyxiation and blunt chest/abdominal injuries. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Abdomen, Asphyxiated, Boom Truck, Chest, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crane, Crushed, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1017438.015	32	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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