Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116740.015 - Employee sustains fractures when struck by crane's counterwe

Accident Summary Nr: 116740.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 05/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405026.015	05/24/2019		237990	S&B Engineers And Constructors, Ltd

Abstract: At 4:25 p.m. on May 22, 2019, Employee #1, a coworker operating a crane, and other coworkers, employed by a construction company, were assembling a crane. They attempted to set a counterweight in place. The counterweight did not seat properly, and the crane operator had to boom up the counterweight. As the crane operator was booming up, the counterweight shifted and pinned Employee #1 between the counterweight and the crane outrigger. Employee #1 was out of the crane operator's view when the counterweight was lifted. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a fractured vertebra and multiple fractured ribs.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Construction, Crane, Crane Boom, Crane Counterweight, Crane Outrigger, Crushed, Equipment Operator, Fracture, Installing, Obstructed View, Pinned, Rib, Struck By, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other				1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1405026.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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