Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200200400 - Employee injured by form work when crane boom fails

Accident Summary Nr: 200200400 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 01/19/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300176203	01/19/1998	7353	0	Phoenix Crane Service, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300176385	01/19/1998	1771	0	United Forming, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and three coworkers were setting concrete form work at the site of a new two-story building. They were working directly under the boom of a 90 ton Lorian friction crane, model MC 790. The crane operator was warming-up the engine and drying out the frictions and brakes in preparation for the day's work. While drying the frictions, the operator lost control of the boom and it fell onto the top level of the building, where the form work was in place. The coworkers scrambled out of the way, but when the boom hit the structure the form work caved in, catching Employee #1. He sustained multiple injuries and was immediately transported to a local hospital.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, CONCRETE FORM WORK, CRANE BOOM, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOST CONTROL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300176203					Occupation Not Listed	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
2	300176385			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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