Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202076782 - Employee Is Struck by Load When Crane Tips

Accident Summary Nr: 202076782 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 08/22/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309157204	08/22/2005	1751	238130	Tricef Framing

Abstract: A Manitex truck-crane's left, rear outrigger sunk when the cribbing slipped, resulting in load deceleration. When the crane tipped the load struck Employee #1, a carpenter, standing on the second story of a residential construction building. Employee #1 suffered bruises and contusions and was hospitalized.

Keywords: OUTRIGGER, CARPENTER, SUSPENDED LOAD, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, DUNNAGE, FALLING OBJECT, CONTUSION, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309157204			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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