Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14463178 - Employee drowns after falling from crane into river

Accident Summary Nr: 14463178 -- Report ID: 0419000 -- Event Date: 05/06/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110076486	05/08/1991	3731	0	James Marine

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 p.m. on May 6, 1991, Employee #1 was operating a Grove RT 58 mobile crane with a 22 to 58 ft hydraulic telescoping boom as part of a barge repair operation. He was lifting metal plates from a floating maritime dock and placing them on a floating drydock. The crane was being operated with three of its outriggers down and one up. As the employee lifted a plate out over the dock's edge, the crane overturned. The employee fell from the crane's cab into the river and drowned.

Keywords: OUTRIGGER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, MOBILE CRANE, RIVER, DROWN, CRANE OPERATOR, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110076486			Fatality	Other	Welders and cutters

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