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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732982

BOOM,CRANE BOOM,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CAUGHT BETWEEN,LACERATION,BOLT,LEG

Event
BOOM,CRANE BOOM,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CAUGHT BETWEEN,LACERATION,BOLT,LEG
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
732982
Report ID
454510

Event description

Employee's leg injured when struck by crane boom

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and coworkers were making a 22 foot high concrete wall. A FMC crane, model HC-78B, was being used to lift the concrete in buckets. A bolt that was h olding the boom hoist broke, causing the boom to fall. Employee #1's legs became caught between the wall and the crane boom, resulting in cuts and lacerations t o his lower legs. He was not hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 M

    Nature of injury
    7
    Part of body
    18
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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