Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201401379 - TWO EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY LOAD FROM CRANE

Accident Summary Nr: 201401379 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 11/10/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125060343	11/10/1997	1541	0	Raytheon Engineers & Constructors

Abstract: While hoisting two cross braces with an overhead crane, the crane two-blocked and the load line broke. The load and rigging fell, hitting Employees #1 and #2 below. Both were hospitalized.

Keywords: RIGGING, ABRASION, OVERHEAD CRANE, BRACE, STRUCK BY, TWO-BLOCKING, CONCUSSION, LOAD LINE, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125060343			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Hoisting Bundles Fatality Cause: Lifting operations
2	125060343			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Hoisting Bundles Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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