Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14415392 - Employee crushed and killed by overturning crane

Accident Summary Nr: 14415392 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 04/09/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106631187	04/13/1992	5153	0	Beachner Grain, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was unloading a 20 ton Grove hydraulic motor crane from a lowboy trailer. He backed up to a loading dock and was going to drive the crane forward off the trailer and onto the loading dock. Somehow, however, the crane shifted into reverse and jumped over the gooseneck portion of the lowboy trailer. The rear outrigger on the cab side hung up on the gooseneck and flipped the crane off the trailer and onto its side. Employee #1 was crushed to death.

Keywords: OUTRIGGER, CRUSHED, LOST CONTROL, HYDRAULIC CRANE, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106631187			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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