Accident Report Detail
Accident: 303176135 - Employee Injured When Crushed Between Grapples And Boom
Accident: 303176135 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 06/23/2000 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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303176135 | 06/26/2000 | 2411 | Best Lay Cutting Inc | ||||
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on June 23, 2000, Employee #1 and an assistant where replacing a drum on a hydraulic shovel using a second hydraulic shovel and its boom attachments (grapples). The replacement drum was put into place by the second hydraulic shovel and after the bolts had been placed appropriately Employee #1 requested that his assistant move the grapples out of the way. As the assistant was moving the grapples he observed Employee #1 go out of his sight. The assistant ran to Employee #1's previous location only to find him a distance away from the machine and injured. Employee #1 was taken to a local hospital where it was determined that he had suffered a broken pelvis, broken femur, and severe lacerations. Employee #1 was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, crane boom, caught between, laceration, pelvis, crane
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 303176135 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Crane and tower operators |