Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200967487 - Employee Suffers Crushed Foot and Amputation

Accident Summary Nr: 200967487 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 08/23/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303714158	08/23/2000	1796	0	Millennium Crane & Rigging Incorporated

Abstract: A heavy equipment rigging and moving contractor was hired to delivery and install a new boiler system into the basement of a building owned by a county government. The boiler was in eight separate sections and was being removed from the delivery truck by crane and lowered onto equipment dollies to be pushed by hand into the building. While moving one of the sections, the dolly kicked out, causing the boiler to fall over striking and crushing Employee #1's left foot. Employee #1 was hospitalized and his foot had to be amputated.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, BOILER, CRUSHED, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303714158			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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