Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170701445 - Employee's leg fractured in fall from girder

Accident Summary Nr: 170701445 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 03/13/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125911818	03/19/1998	1622	0	Bragg Crane & Rigging

Abstract: Employee #1, an ironworker, was working from an aerial device to set a girder in place. He stepped out of the device onto the girder to release the clamp hooks from the girder, then signaled to the crane operator that the hooks were loose. The spreader bar hook for the clamp became caught and struck Employee #1, leaving him dazed. The hook then struck him again and he fell 30 ft to the ground. Employee #1 suffered multiple fractures of his left femur, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CRANE HOOK, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, CRANE, LEG, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125911818			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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