Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201931045 - Employee hit by, and suffocated, under overhead load

Accident Summary Nr: 201931045 -- Report ID: 0419000 -- Event Date: 02/05/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17456625	02/06/1999	1541	0	Clearwater Environmental, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was disassembling a crane boom. When he removed the boom pins, he became trapped beneath the boom and suffocated under its weight.

Keywords: SUFFOCATED, CRANE BOOM, OVERHEAD CRANE, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	17456625			Fatality	Asphyxia	Heavy equipment mechanics	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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