Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202505731 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by A-Frame of Crane

Accident Summary Nr: 202505731 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 04/30/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312187529	04/30/2008	1771	238110	Miller Long & Arnold Co Inc

Abstract: On April 30, 2008, Employee #1, a construction laborer, and two coworkers were up on a Piener SK 405 Tower crane, dismantling the crane. The jib section of the crane was being suspended by a mobile lattice boom crane, in preparation of being lowered to the ground. Some of the counterweights were already removed from the crane. Employee #1 released a pin holding the A-frame of the crane, which came down and struck him. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, DISMANTLING, BOOM, PIN, JIB CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, TOWER, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	12	200	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312187529			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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