OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399638

DEL BOSQUE BROS.

GAINESVILLE, TX· 1987-10-08T00:00:00

Event: SHOULDER, OUTRIGGER, BOOM, CONCRETE TRUCK, BROKEN WELD, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, STRUCK BY, CONCRETE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2440055
Employer profile: DEL BOSQUE BROS.
Summary number: 14399638
Report ID: 626300

Event description

CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN CONCRETE TRUCK BOOM HIT HIM

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A CONCRETE FINISHING CREW. A CONCRETE TRUCK HAD BEEN SET UP, WITH OUTRIGGERS EXTENDED, AND THE POURING HAD BEGUN. SUDDENLY, THE RIGHT FRONT OUTRIGGER BROKE AT THE WELD, CAUSING THE BOOM TO FALL. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD HI S BACK TO THE TRUCK AND COULD NOT SEE THE FALLING BOOM. HE WAS KILLED WHEN THE B OOM STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK AND SHOULDERS.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
21

Event type
1

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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