10.11.2010

Trailing boom fatality

A man died yesterday after he was crushed between a mobile crane and its trailing boom dolly in Virginia.

The accident incident occurred at the New London Business and Technology Center, near Lynchburg. Rodney Lee Rigney, 57, was coupling up the air lines between the All Terrain crane and its Trailing boom dolly when the trailer rolled forward and crushed him.

Rigney was taken to Lynchburg General Hospital, but was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival. Police reports say that the crane was supplied by ADD Equipment of Gretna, Virginia.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is conducting its own investigation alongside the state police