Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200460657 - Employee injured when crane falls through concrete slab

Accident Summary Nr: 200460657 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 01/19/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302919006	01/19/2000	1795	0	Mrp Site Development Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a Komatsu 1000 excavator crane to remove demolition debris when the crane fell through the concrete slab on which it was located and dropped 10 ft. Employee #1 suffered a sprained back, but did not require hospitalization. No determination had been made of where the slabs were punched and filled before placing the crane.

Keywords: WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BACK, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, CRANE OPERATOR, SPRAIN, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	5	100

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302919006			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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