Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 70037.015 - Employee is crushed by an unstable load on a boom truck

Accident Summary Nr: 70037.015 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 01/14/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1019338.015	01/14/2015		236220	Mansour Construction, Incorporated

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on January 14, 2015, a drywall delivery truck (boom lift truck operator) was placing a load of drywall in a second story window, directly over the employee. The employee was unloading the drywall, and the boom lift truck operator took a break. The load was suspended above the employee, and partially inside the second story window. Movement of the load resulted in the drywall falling out of the boom lift truck cradle, landing on the employee causing fatal injuries. The employee was killed and crushed by 4X10 foot sheets of drywall panels.

Keywords: Construction vehicle, Crushing, Falling Object, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3	67	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1019338.015	37	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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