Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200513638 - Employee Crushed When Crane Tipped Over

Accident Summary Nr: 200513638 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 11/02/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308413731	11/02/2004	1791	238190	Agri-Systems Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m., on November 2, 2004, Employee #1, of Agri-Systems, Inc, located at the General Mills plant at 25 44th Ave NE in Fridley, MN, was killed when the truck-mounted crane he was operating tipped over, pinning him between the crane's boom and the ground. Employee #1 was in the process of using the crane's boom to lift a cage or man-basket off the back end of the truck. Employee #2, who was standing alongside the truck bed near the rear tires, narrowly escaped injury as the truck tipped over. The truck is equipped with two sets of outriggers that were not fully deployed at the time.

Keywords: CHEST, OUTRIGGER, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, PINNED, TRUCK CRANE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, WORK SURFACE, CONTUSION, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		76	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308413731			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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