Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201611514 - Employee's leg amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 201611514 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 10/05/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302682851	10/06/1999	5093	0	David J Joseph Co

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 am, Employee #1 was refueling a mobile crane that was parked near a railroad track. He positioned himself on the rear section of the mobile crane. A locomotive crane traveling on the railroad tracks approached the mobile crane and the locomotive operator rotated the superstructure and made contact with the mobile crane. Employee #1 was crushed between the two cranes and his right leg was amputated. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, MOBILE CRANE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, TRAIN, CRANE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302682851			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Crane and tower operators

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