Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14509251 - Employee killed in fall from crane boom

Accident Summary Nr: 14509251 -- Report ID: 0316300 -- Event Date: 04/17/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300192994	04/19/2002	1629	0	Amec Civil Llc

Abstract: Employee #1 walked out onto the horizontal boom an all-terrain Lorain mobile crane to repair the wire rope that came off the sheave when the whip two-blocked. He was not wearing fall protection and fell 13 feet from the boom to the deck of a barge and was killed.

Keywords: REPAIR, WIRE ROPE, BOOM, MOBILE CRANE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300192994			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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