Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201484250 - Employee killed when struck by falling crane assembly

Accident Summary Nr: 201484250 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 03/09/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301120358	03/09/2001	1622	0	Agra Foundations, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:15 p.m. on March 9, 2001, Employee # 1 was on a boat in the water underneath the telescoping boom of a Badger hydraulic crane. As the boom continued to telescope out, it two-blocked when the hook assembly contacted the boom sheave. This put excessive tension on the hook assembly hoist cable. The cable broke and the hook assembly fell directly on top of Employee #1. He was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, HOISTING MECHANISM, WORK RULES, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, TWO-BLOCKING, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE, HOISTLINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301120358			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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