Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170831879 - Employee's leg injured when struck by falling crane boom

Accident Summary Nr: 170831879 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 04/02/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127373975	04/02/1996	1761	0	Korb Roofers, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was directing the loading of roofing material by a National crane, model 875, serial #14764, that was mounted on a Mack truck chassis. At an angle of 23 degrees and a load weight of 2,530 lb, which was 630 lb over the maximum accountable weight, the turret separated from the mount and the boom collapsed. Employee #1 suffered a strained leg. He was evacuated by a helicopter to a shock/trauma unit in Baltimore, where he was treated and released with a brace for his leg. Employee #1's story has changed and medical opinions differed, so an exact determination of his injury and how it happened was not possible.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, SPRAIN, CRANE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127373975			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Roofers

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