Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201797297 - Employee'S Hand Is Crushed By Truck Mounted Crane Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201797297 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 09/24/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126088640	09/29/2003	1542	236220	Acl Construction

Abstract: On September 24, 2003, Employee #1, a rigger, was working for a subcontractor unloading sections of concrete forms to be used in a freeway widening project. He was standing on a truck flatbed as the truck mounted crane operator was offloading the concrete forms from the flatbed. As the boom lowered to drop a load, Employee #1 had his hand on top of a stanchion post on the side of the truck. The boom came down on top of the employee's hand, crushing it. The employee was hospitalized with his injuries. The crane was an 11-ton National Crane hydraulic crane, Model Number 446A, Serial Number 20657.

Keywords: crane boom, truck crane, crushed, struck by, hand, hydraulic crane

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126088640			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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