Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 947028 - CRANE BOOM FALLS KILLING CARPENTER

Accident Summary Nr: 947028 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 08/03/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105719835	08/03/1989	1751	0	Lynn Mar, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105719827	08/03/1989	1751	0	National Building Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:50 a.m. on August 3, 1989, Employee #1 was helping unload bundles of 4-feet by 8-feet by .5 inch CDX fire-coated plywood at a townhouse construction project. A 5000 pound capacity truck crane was lifting the bundles from a trailer when the main boom cylinder failed and the boom fell 20 feet striking Employee #1 on the head resulting in a massive skull fracture, rib fractures, left arm fracture and right arm fracture. Employee #1 was not wearing a hard hat.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HARD HAT, BOOM, CARPENTER, CONCUSSION, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105719835			Fatality	Fracture	Carpenters
2	105719827					Occupation Not Listed

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