Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14518047 - Employee killed in 70 ft fall with personnel basket

Accident Summary Nr: 14518047 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 07/15/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101779973	07/16/1986	1799	0	Aptco Constructors

Abstract: Employee #1 was working from a personnel basket suspended from a mobile crane. He was welding metal plates over the joints of a gantry crane when the crane was pushed into motion by wind shear. As the gantry crane began to roll, the mobile crane overturned, breaking the hoisting cable for the personnel basket. Employee #1 fell approximately 70 feet and was killed. The gantry crane brakes were not set, nor was the crane secured to prevent movement.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, BRAKE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, MOBILE CRANE, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, GANTRY CRANE, FALL, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101779973			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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