Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 948166 - Employee struck and killed by swinging pulley

Accident Summary Nr: 948166 -- Report ID: 0355110 -- Event Date: 08/08/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123693319	08/08/1994	1771	0	Rmk Construction Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:45 a.m. on August 8, 1994, Employee #1 was in a ditchline leveling a stone in preparation for concrete to be poured. A crane was lowering a bucket of gravel from the shoulder of the interstate over an embankment and into the ditchline. It tilted and the boom pulley struck Employee #1. His right arm was amputated above the elbow and he died of massive head injuries.

Keywords: HEAD, AMPUTATED, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, ARM, ELBOW, FLYING OBJECT, PULLEY, CRANE BLOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123693319			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers

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