Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14422398 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14422398 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 08/22/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106022312	08/23/1989	1794	0	Mcpherson Concrete Products, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #2 was using a Bucy Rus Erie 25 "b" 28.3-ton crawler crane to unload a redi-mix concrete truck. They had made five or six, 0.75-yard bucket hoists with a boom angle of 35 degrees with no problem. On the next hoist the boom raised the bucket a few inches and the boom support cable snapped. The boom fell on the redi-mix truck, bounced off and struck Employee #1 killing him instantly.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, BOOM, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, BOOM SUPPORT CABLE, CONCRETE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106022312			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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