OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #571646

HUPE AND SONS CONSTRUCTION CO

BATAUIA, IL— 1985-04-08T00:00:00

Event: CONCRETE FORM WORK, FRACTURE, CRANE BOOM, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BOLT, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, SHEARED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #2241842
Employer profile: HUPE AND SONS CONSTRUCTION CO
Summary number: 571646
Report ID: 521400

Event description

Employee's leg fractured by falling crane boom

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working on a 12 ft high concrete form using a concrete vibrator. A Link-Belt 30 ton crane with 60 ft boom, model #LS78, serial #701609, was susp ending a bucket load of concrete approximately 2 ft above the hopper that was on the inside of the formwork. The boom hoist brake bolt sheared off at the bolt e nd, causing the boom to fall. Employee #1 was struck by the boom and his leg was pinned between the boom and scaffold planking. He remained in this position unt il freed by a city rescue squad, who used a backhoe to lift the boom off the for mwork. Employee #1 suffered multiple leg fractures.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
16

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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