Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200880094 - Employee killed when struck by falling crane block

Accident Summary Nr: 200880094 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 08/21/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106159874	08/21/1997	1799	0	Colonial Rigging & Contracting Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working in a basement, installing a new heat exchanger. A 125-ton overhead crane with an auxiliary 15-ton hook assembly had been used to maneuver the heat exchanger into position. The crane operator was raising the hook and repositioning the cab-operated crane, the block assembly broke free and fell into the basement, striking and killing Employee #1. The wire rope suspending the hook assembly had sheared as the hook assembly two-blocked into the underside of the crane bridge.

Keywords: WORK RULES, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, OVERHEAD CRANE, STRUCK BY, TWO-BLOCKING, PULLEY, CRANE BLOCK, FALLING OBJECT, SHEARED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	106159874			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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