Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202347571 - Five employees injured when a crane overturned

Accident Summary Nr: 202347571 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 10/02/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305571598	10/01/2002	1771	0	Miller, Long & Arnold Co., Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305571580	10/01/2002	1542	0	Whiting Turner Contracting Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305571598	10/01/2002	1771	0	Miller, Long & Arnold Co., Inc.

Abstract: On October 2, 2002, Employees #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 were working from a scaffold erected around the column. While they were working, a 40-Ton Grove Mobile Crane overturned while engaged in lifting approximately 1.5 yards of concrete to be poured into a column. The crane operator was thrown from the crane's cab into a footer approximately 5-ft deep. Employees #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 jumped from the scaffold and were injured. Employees #1 and #5 received some unspecified injuries while Employee #2 suffered from strains and sprains. Employees #3 and 5 received bruises, contusions and abrasions. The crane operator was not injured. Employees #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 were taken to Mercy Hospital, where they treated and released.

Keywords: CRANE OPERATOR, CONTUSION, OVERTURN, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, SPRAIN, WORK SURFACE, CRANE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305571598	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Fall, other
2	305571598	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Fall, other
3	305571598	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Pouring concrete for piers, and pylons Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
4	305571598	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
5	305571580			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
6	305571598	Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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