Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171063126 - Employee's leg fractured when struck by falling crane load

Accident Summary Nr: 171063126 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 09/10/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126777093	09/11/1997	1791	0	Olsen-Beal Associates

Abstract: Employee #1, of Geneva Steel, was part of a crew using a crane to remove a large steel roll from a line. The load was being raised when the choker cable broke and the steel roll fell, pinning Employee #1 against a hot piece of equipment. He fractured his right leg in separate places and suffered a third-degree burn. Employee #1 was in sight of the crane operator when the accident occurred.

Keywords: BURN, FRACTURE, SUSPENDED LOAD, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CHOKER CABLE, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126777093			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Boilermakers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Landing Materials (Hoi Fatality Cause: Other

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