Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200801496 - Employee injured when struck by load when crane overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200801496 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 12/12/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308383249	12/12/2005	1741	238140	Wm. A. Hein Construction Co. Inc.

Abstract: On December 12, 2005, Employee #1 was working at a building under construction. A Lorain LRT-180 rough terrain truck crane was being used to lift pallets of block from the exterior of the building to the interior second floor. A pallet was being swung over and had just passed over the building when the crane operator felt that something was not right. He was beginning to move the load back when the crane overturned, narrowly missing the building. After it landed on the ground, some of the blocks from the load struck Employee #1 as he entered a scaffold enclosure. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: UNSECURED, TRUCK CRANE, SUSPENDED LOAD, CONSTRUCTION, CRANE, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308383249			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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