Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14386155 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE RIDING CRANE HOOK LOST GRIP AND FELL

Accident Summary Nr: 14386155 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 08/12/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101315224	08/13/1987	1629	0	Thatcher Engineering

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BEING HOISTED ON THE HOOK OF CRANE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE TOP OF A 30 FOOT HIGH SHEET PILE. EMPLOYEE #1 LOST HIS GRIP WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM THE HOOK TO THE TOP OF THE SHEET PILE AND FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE #2. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FATALLY INJURED. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED AN ARM INJURY.

Keywords: CRANE HOOK, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ARM, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101315224			Fatality	Fracture	Carpenters
2	101315224			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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