Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170060479 - Employee injured when struck against interior of crane cab

Accident Summary Nr: 170060479 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 11/20/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18477554	11/21/1991	1623	0	Crowder Construction Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a 100-ton crawler crane, lowering a backhoe into an excavation 35 ft deep. The weight of the backhoe caused the crane body to rise and tilt forward into the excavation. Employee #1 was flung around the cab and suffered extensive injuries.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CRAWLER CRANE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, CRANE CAB, CRANE OPERATOR, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18477554			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Crane and tower operators

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