Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171011349 - Employee's neck fractured when struck by crane cable

Accident Summary Nr: 171011349 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 11/13/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119889392	11/13/2000	1791	0	Herrick Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 was engaged in erecting a multi-story structure when a crane tipped over and he was struck on the neck by the its cable. He sustained fractured vertebrae in his neck, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, NECK, STRUCK BY, VERTEBRA, CRANE, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	5	200

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119889392			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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