Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 848036 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY FALLING PIECE OF CRANE BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 848036 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 12/04/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101709541	12/04/1987	1771	0	James Mchugh Construction Co.

Abstract: SECTIONS OF A DISMANTLED CRANE BOOM WERE BEING LOADED ONTO A FLATBED TRUCK. THE MID PIECE OF THE BOOM HAD ALREADY BEEN LOADED. THE END (TIP) PIECE WAS THEN PICKED UP BY A FRONT END LOADER WITH TWO SLINGS ATTACHED TO THE BUCKET TEETH. AFTER THE TIP SECTION WAS PLACED ON THE TRUCK BED, EMPLOYEE #1 (THE FOREMAN) WALKED BETWEEN THE TRUCK BED AND THE LOADER BUCKET TO DETACH THE SLINGS. AT THAT MOMENT, THE WIDE END OF THE TIP SECTION SLIPPED OFF THE TRUCK BED, CRUSHING THE FOREMAN BETWEEN THE BOOM AND THE BUCKET. THE SECTION WHICH FELL WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED.

Keywords: UNSECURED, CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101709541			Fatality	Other	Structural metal workers

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