Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201200466 - Employee injured when dropped from a boom truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201200466 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 02/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302295274	02/15/1999	7389	0	Ray O Lite Signs Inc

Abstract: At about 10:00 a.m. on February 12, 1999, Employee #1 of Ray O Lite Signs was repairing a sign on a city street. He was working from a boom truck. When he tried to raise the boom higher to work on the top of the sign the boom continued to rise on its own. When the boom got to its highest point the worm drive that raises the boom broke, dropping Employee #1 into the cradle on the truck and dumping him out of the basket. Employee #1 sustained a broken arm and leg. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, FRACTURE, REPAIR, FALL, ARM, MECH MALFUNCTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302295274			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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