Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201125721 - Crane Operator Avoids Injury When Crane Tips Over

Accident Summary Nr: 201125721 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 09/13/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300843489	09/13/2005	1622	237310	R.M. Harris

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on September 13, 2005, an employee was working with a small crew of men, moving steel beams from the ground to a highway overpass. The employee was operating a hydraulic boom crane, and was lifting a 50-ft long steel beam weighing approximately 5,400 lb. This exceeded the safe working load for the crane. As the load was raised off the ground, the crane tipped over on its outriggers, and fell from the overpass to the ground below, destroying the crane. The crane operator survived with minor cuts and did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: STEEL BEAM, CRANE OUTRIGGER, LACERATION, MECH MAT HANDLING, CRANE OPERATOR, FACE, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE, HYDRAULIC CRANE, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300843489			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge deck Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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