Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201400884 - Employee injured when struck on head by falling crane part

Accident Summary Nr: 201400884 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 05/07/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127259984	07/01/1997	1791	0	Kent Companies

Abstract: Employee #1 was at a building site where a crane was being used to hoist structural steel. The crane was being positioned for a pick up when the anti-two-blocking device became disengaged and fell, striking Employee #1 on the head. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, HOIST, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127259984			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Other

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