Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202464657 - Employee's Hands Fractured When Crane Tips Over

Accident Summary Nr: 202464657 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 02/02/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310196001	02/02/2007	1611	237310	Steve P. Rados Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:10 p.m. on February 2, 2007, Employee #1, a crane operator for Steve P. Rados Inc., was operating a Link-Belt 40-ton HSP-8040 hydraulic rough terrain crane at a construction project to improve the interchange between the San Diego Freeway (405) and the Ventura (101) Freeway. The employer is a heavy engineering construction company that builds bridges, interchanges, streets, highways, water transmission lines, sewer systems, treatment plants, channels, and dams. Employee #1 was working on the northbound portion of the new poured concrete on-ramp. According to witnesses, he was repositioning the crane on uneven ground, with the boom fully extended, and it toppled across the freeway. Employee #1 sustained fractured hands and was hospitalized for treatment for approximately five days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MOBILE CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, CRANE OPERATOR, HAND, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310196001			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Crane and tower operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Other

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