Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200120780 - Employee's legs fractured when crushed by transformer

Accident Summary Nr: 200120780 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 02/06/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303319867	02/20/2001	1731	0	Staff Electric Co., Inc.

Abstract: An employee of Staff Electric Co., Inc. was moving a 4,600-lb transformer on four or five 2.875-in. steel rollers. The transformer was moved about 8 to10 in. when it tipped back onto the employee. One of the back rollers kicked out from the back side of the transformer. The transformer landed on the employee's legs, fracturing them. The transformer's center of gravity was towards the back side of the transformer. There were labels on the front and back side of the transformer which indicated from which side to pick the transformer up with a fork lift. The handling instruction for the transformer where located inside the transformer, but did not address the handling of the transformer by manual labor.

Keywords: CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, TRANSFORMER, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	6	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303319867			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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