Inspection Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Inspection: 308602986 - Blow & Cote, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Vermont

Nr: 308602986	Report ID: 0155010	Open Date: 07/12/2005

Blow & Cote, Inc.
Milton Waste Water Treatment Facility Milton, VT 05468		Union Status: NonUnion
SIC: 1799/Special Trade Contractors, Not Elsewhere Classified
NAICS: 238990/All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Mailing: 815 Vermont Route 15e, Morrisville, VT 05657

Inspection Type:	Accident
Scope:	Partial	Advanced Notice:	N
Ownership:	Private
Safety/Health:	Safety	Close Conference:	07/20/2005
Planning Guide:	Safety-Construction	Close Case:	01/06/2006
Emphasis:	S:Construction Fatality, S:Construction Injury

Related Activity:	Type	ID	Safety	Health
	Accident	102061520

	Inspection		Degree	Nature	Occupation
Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 202045076		Event: 07/11/2005	Employee Is Injured When Struck By Falling Crane Boom
Employee #1 and several coworkers were removing concrete forms at a construction site for a sewage treatment plant. A Bucyrus Erie 50-ton crane was being used to lift the forms to a staging area where the employees were receiving them. Work had stopped and the crane remained stationary with the boom at 30 degrees with no load on the block. The crane operator then received a signal from the foreman to pick up a pack of forms. The operator raised the boom 5 degrees and the employees heard a noise. At that time, the boom began to freefall and struck Employee #1 on the head. He fell to the ground and became pinned beneath the boom. He was transported to Fletcher Allen Medical Center in Burlington,VT, where he was hospitalized with a fracture.
Keywords: fracture, head, crane boom, pinned, construction, equipment failure, crushed, struck by, falling object, crane
1	308602986		Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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