Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202505731 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By A-Frame Of Crane
Accident: 202505731 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 04/30/2008 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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312187529 | 04/30/2008 | 1771 | Miller Long & Arnold Co Inc | ||||
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
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Multi-family dwelling | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 12 | 200 | X | ||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 312187529 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls FatCause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during |