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Accident: 201770930 - Employee Struck By Structural Iron When Crane Tips

**Accident: 201770930 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 04/24/2000**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
302714761	04/24/2000	1791	Talon Erectors Inc.

Employee #1 was on a crew of iron workers when the crane that was positioning the iron tipped up on end. The boom of the crane struck the iron that Employee #1 was standing on, and then he himself was struck by one of the pieces of iron still attached to the crane when it tipped. He was seriously injured. Other employees were less seriously injured as they tried to evade the falling boom.

Keywords: steel beam, crane boom, iron worker, construction, mech mat handling, struck by, crane, overturn

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	302714761			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:12 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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