Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200270411 - Employee killed when crawler crane overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200270411 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 10/28/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300219169	10/28/1998	1622	0	Wortman-Starwalt, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a 35 ton Link Belt crawler crane in cooperation with a coworker in a 70 ton Manitowoc truck-mounted crane to lift an approximately 67 ft long by 37 in. wide by 5 ft 6 1/2 in. tall concrete beam. They had lifted the approximately 54,700 lb beam between 18 and 24 in. off the ground when it began to drift northward. This caused the Link Belt crane to overturn, pinning Employee #1 underneath it. He was killed instantly.

Keywords: PINNED, TRUCK CRANE, CRAWLER CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, CRANE OPERATOR, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Maintenance or repair		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300219169			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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