OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1008853
FRACTURE,BOOM,COLLAPSE,CRANE BOOM,STRUCK BY
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED FRACTURES WHEN STRUCK BY BOOM
Investigation abstract
An employee was removing connecting pins on the middle section of a crane boom o f a 25-ton link belt angle type boom truck. The boom was raised 5 ft in the air and collapsed when the employee failed to relocate the boom pendant back behind the disconnecting point. The boom struck the employee causing multiple fractures , and he was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 849
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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