OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14422398

BOOM TRUCK,BOOM,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,BOOM SUPPORT CABLE,CONCRETE

1989-08-22T00:00:00

Event: BOOM TRUCK,BOOM,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,BOOM SUPPORT CABLE,CONCRETE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14422398
Report ID: 729700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING BOOM

Investigation abstract

Employee #2 was using a Bucy Rus Erie 25 "b" 28.3-ton crawler crane to unload a redi-mix concrete truck. They had made five or six, 0.75-yard bucket hoists with a boom angle of 35 degrees with no problem. On the next hoist the boom raised t he bucket a few inches and the boom support cable snapped. The boom fell on the redi-mix truck, bounced off and struck Employee #1 killing him instantly.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 64 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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