Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126090265 - Employee paralized when struck by truck boom

Accident Summary Nr: 126090265 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 05/01/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126090265	05/01/2003	1771	238140	Correa Concrete Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:20 a.m. on May 1, 2003, Employee #1, a laborer, was guiding the rubber hose that was attached to the end of the pipe on a pump truck pouring concrete. One of the truck's outriggers sunk into the ground, causing the boom to fall, and strike Employee #1's shoulder. Employee #1 was paralyzed from neck down and hospitalized. The concrete pump truck was a Putzmeister with a 52-m boom, Model Number TSS52.5-14.

Keywords: PARALYSIS, SHOULDER, ROLL-OVER, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, TRUCK BOOM, PUMP, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126090265			Hospitalized injury	Other	Concrete and terrazzo finishers

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