Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 755595 - Employee Killed When Struck By Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 755595 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 12/19/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115139073	12/19/1994	1791	0	Hughes & Associates

Abstract: Employee #1 was rigging metal roof decking material to a 22-ton mobile hydraulic crane. A helper signaled the crane operator to pick up the load when suddenly there was a loud pop and the crane began to tip over. An outrigger had failed on the crane. Employee #1 ran toward a building. The boom with a fly extension fell on top of Employee #1 as he was attempting to escape through a structural steel opening of the building. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: outrigger, crane boom, construction, equipment failure, back, struck by, contusion, hydraulic crane, overturn

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115139073			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Structural metal workers

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