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Accident Summary Nr: 201489226 - Employee Is Injured During Loading Operation

Accident Summary Nr: 201489226 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 12/18/2006
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30112701512/20/20061622237310Kiewit Pacific Co.

Abstract: On February 2, 2007, Employee #1 was unhooking rigging from a temporary pile that was lowered onto a barge. The rigging was attached to the whip line of a lattice mobile crawler crane. The headache ball was two feet off the ground, when it suddenly dropped to ground level and rolled onto Employee #1's right leg. Employee #1 was treated at the scene by emergency medical personnel, and was transported to a hospital, where he remained for seven days. Employee #1 sustained a fractured right fibula.

Keywords: BARGE, FRACTURE, CRAWLER CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, HEADACHE BALL, FOOT, LEG
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Bridge New project or new addition $20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 301127015 Hospitalized injury Fracture Drillers, earth Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams
Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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