Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170606750 - Employee's leg fractured by falling crane ball

Accident Summary Nr: 170606750 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/20/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120050455	04/28/1994	1442	0	Shoring Engineers,Hyperion Treatment Plant

Abstract: Employee #1 was rigging while the contractor was performing shoring operations with a boom-type mobile crane (Linkbelt, HSP-22, 22-ton). The crane's hoisting line was not in use and the crane did not have a two-block device, which would have prevented the ball from being sheared when the crane's boom was extended/boomed up. The crane operator was attentive of the load and load line, but, when extending the boom, the secondary line's ball sheared off and fell to the ground. It struck Employee #1's left leg, fracturing it. No accident-related citation was issued.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, MOBILE CRANE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, HEADACHE BALL, HOISTLINE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120050455			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drillers, earth

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