OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #821033
A. E. RACE & ASSOCIATES
MILLERSVILLE, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE RIDING CRANE HOOK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A CARPENTRY FOREMAN, WAS RIDING THE HOOK OF A MOBILE TRUCK LATTICE RIDE A CRANE HOOK OR LOAD. BOOM CRANE ATTEMPTING TO TRANSPORT FROM ONE ROOF TOP TO ANOTHER. THE OPERATOR AL LOWED 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. EMPLOYE E #1 SUSTAINED SERIOUS MULTIPLE INJURIES, INCLUDING A BROKEN LEFT WRIST, NOSE, F EMUR OF LEFT LEG, AND BROKEN TEETH. HE ALSO SUFFERED A COLLAPSED LEFT LUNG, FRAC TURED PELVIS, LACERATED LIPS AND FACE, COMPRESSED DISK, NERVE DAMAGE TO BOTH LEG S 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
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 34
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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