Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 821033 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE RIDING CRANE HOOK

Accident Summary Nr: 821033 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 12/16/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2807980	12/17/1986	1751	0	A. E. Race & Associates

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A CARPENTRY FOREMAN, WAS RIDING THE HOOK OF A MOBILE TRUCK LATTICE BOOM CRANE ATTEMPTING TO TRANSPORT FROM ONE ROOF TOP TO ANOTHER. THE OPERATOR ALLOWED THE HOOK TO FREE FALL, CAUSING EMPLOYEE #1 TO LOSE HIS GRIP. THE EMPLOYEE FELL 35 FEET THROUGH A PLYWOOD ROOF, THEN 27 FEET ONTO A CONCRETE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED SERIOUS MULTIPLE INJURIES, INCLUDING A BROKEN LEFT WRIST, NOSE, FEMUR OF LEFT LEG, AND BROKEN TEETH. HE ALSO SUFFERED A COLLAPSED LEFT LUNG, FRACTURED PELVIS, LACERATED LIPS AND FACE, COMPRESSED DISK, NERVE DAMAGE TO BOTH LEGS AND CONTUSIONS OF THE CHEST, BACK, NECK, SHOULDER, AND SCROTUM. THE VICTIM HAD EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND STATED THAT HE KNEW IT WAS AGAINST REGULATIONS TO RIDE A CRANE HOOK OR LOAD.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CRANE HOOK, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, NOSE, FALL, ARM, CRANE, LEG, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2807980			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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