Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 837724 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN CRANE AND CONCRETE BARRIER

Accident Summary Nr: 837724 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 08/16/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103381984	08/17/1994	1611	0	National Engineering & Contracting Company

Abstract: A construction team was installing concrete traffic barriers. Employee #1 was standing next to a boom truck that was used to lift and place the concrete barriers. The outriggers and stabilizers were not fully or properly extended. During a lift, the book truck tipped over, crushing and killing Employee #1 between the boom truck and a previously installed concrete barrier.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, OUTRIGGER, BOOM, CRUSHED, CONCRETE BLOCK, CRANE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	103381984			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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