Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 734269 - Employee injured in fall from crane cable

Accident Summary Nr: 734269 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 09/23/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126492123	09/23/1996	1622	0	United Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: Employees were stretching out a crane cable, which involved manually pulling the cable to get kinks out and rolling it off the drum. They raised the boom and held the cable with the clutch disengaged, acting as a "human headache ball." The clutch did not disengage and the cable lifted Employee #1 several feet off the ground. The operator shut down the crane and locked all controls. Employee #1 held on until his arms got too tired and then fell approximately 20 feet. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CLUTCH, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, MECH MALFUNCTION, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126492123			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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