Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202169298 - Employee Is Killed When Boom Truck Tips Over
Accident: 202169298 -- Report ID: 0253650 -- Event Date: 05/26/2004 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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307481630 | 06/01/2004 | 4011 | Lirr Atlantic Branch Mp30 | ||||
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on May 26, 2004, a Boom Truck 16T was delivering supplies for maintenance work in the tunnel on Atlantic #1, in East New York, Brooklyn, New York. Besides the truck operator, a railroad track worker was on the boom truck. During the offloading of supplies, the boom truck tipped onto its side, trapping and crushing the railroad employee between the truck and a concrete retaining wall. The injured employee sustained massive trauma to the chest and died at St. Mary Hospital. | |||||||
Keywords:
chest, boom truck, roll-over, caught between, crushed, truck, mech mat handling, off loading
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 307481630 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported |