Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 732982 - Employee's leg injured when struck by crane boom

Accident Summary Nr: 732982 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 08/14/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102076544	08/20/1985	1629	0	Thamer Construction Co. Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were making a 22 foot high concrete wall. A FMC crane, model HC-78B, was being used to lift the concrete in buckets. A bolt that was holding the boom hoist broke, causing the boom to fall. Employee #1's legs became caught between the wall and the crane boom, resulting in cuts and lacerations to his lower legs. He was not hospitalized.

Keywords: BOOM, CRANE BOOM, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, BOLT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102076544			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters

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