Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14271886 - Employees Injured When Crane Boom Collapses
Accident: 14271886 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 06/01/1989 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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100770684 | 06/01/1989 | 7359 | Arute Brothers, Inc. | ||||
At approximately 11:55 a.m. on July 1, 1989, Employees #1 and #2 and a coworker were disconnecting the boom section of an Erie Bucyrus crane, serial #127405. The coworker removed the lower pins between the boom's first and second sections before the support cable was connected to the boom's first section. As a result there was no support for the boom and it collapsed, injuring Employees #1 and #2. Employee #2 was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
dismantling, collapse, unsecured, crane boom, work rules, falling object
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 100770684 | Non Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Occupation not reported | |||
2 | 100770684 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Occupation not reported |