Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201200391 - Employee injured when mobile crane falls off bridge onto roa

Accident Summary Nr: 201200391 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 10/30/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302291091	11/02/1998	1622	0	David A Mowat Company & Ml Mowat Company

Abstract: At approximately 3:50 p.m. on October 30, 1998, Employee #1, a crane operator for Mowat Construction Company, was driving a crane across a bridge when the crane veered suddenly to the right, crashed through a concrete barrier, and plunged 19 ft onto a roadway. The crane's right front tire smashed onto the front end of a passenger vehicle on the road. Employee #1 suffered a fractured clavicle and minor head lacerations, for which he was hospitalized. The driver of the passenger car was not seriously injured.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLLARBONE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, MOBILE CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, BRIDGE, CRANE OPERATOR, FALLING OBJECT, LOST CONTROL, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		19

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302291091			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Crane and tower operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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