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Accident: 108024.015 - Crane Operator Fractures Lumbar Vertebra When Crane Collapse

**Accident: 108024.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 08/05/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1336260.015	08/06/2018		Bancroft Contracting Corporation

At 8:30 a.m. on August 5, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was operating a Luffing Boom Crane in windy conditions. He was taking wind spe ed readings when the luffing jib failed and the crane collapsed. Emergency serv ices transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a fractured lumbar vertebra.

Keywords: collapse, construction, crane, equipment failure, equipment operator, fracture, jib crane, repair, struck by, vertebra, windy

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
		Alteration or rehabilitation				320

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1336260.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury		Crane Operator	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) FatCause:

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