Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201954369 - Employee Crushed and Killed by Crane

Accident Summary Nr: 201954369 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 11/07/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309490514	11/07/2005	1791	238120	H & G Steel Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a construction worker, was retrieving a level and a set of blue prints from the horizontal member of a truck-crane outrigger. At the same time, the crane operator began to retract the boom of the crane and swing it into position. Employee #1 was crushed and killed between the outrigger and the rotating superstructure of the truck crane.

Keywords: OUTRIGGER, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRANE CAB, CRUSHED, STEEL ERECTION, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309490514			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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