Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200230464 - Employee injured by boom when crane overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200230464 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 11/16/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300211455	11/17/1998	1796	0	American Fabrication, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working in the vicinity of a crane that was being operated outside of its range of stability. The crane tipped over and the boom struck Employee #1 on the head. He suffered a concussion, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: HEAD, CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, CRANE, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300211455			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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