Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 79107.015 - Employee is killed when boom system overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 79107.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 08/26/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1087692.015	08/26/2015		532490	Mcclain & Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on August 26, 2015, Employee #1 was operating a Ford L9000 truck with snooper boom attachment for bridge inspections. The employee let the bridge inspectors out of the basket onto the bridge's deck with a jersey barrier system. Employee #1 was adjusting the boom and basket so that the truck and boom system could be moved to a different location on the same bridge deck. The truck and boom system overturned while being moved, crushing Employee #1 between the truck and the jersey barrier, killing him.

Keywords: Barrier Guard, Boom, Boom Truck, Bridge, Bridge Deck, Caught Between, Crushed, Overturn

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1087692.015	43	M	Fatality		Machine operators, not specified

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