Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200264000 - Employee Is Killed When Truck Crane Tips Over, Pinning Him

Accident Summary Nr: 200264000 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 10/20/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314914359	10/21/2010	1623	237110	Roy Case Construction

Abstract: On October 20, 23010, Employee #1, a crane operator, used a Pettibone hydraulic truck crane to lower a forklift into a sedimentation basin at a water treatment plant. When Employee #1 attempted to lower the forklift, the crane tipped over, fatally pinning Employee #1 against the concrete wall of the basin.

Keywords: PINNED, TRUCK CRANE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, CRANE OPERATOR, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	1	12	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314914359			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Connecting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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