Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132686.015 - Employee in crane basket is pinned against pole and killed

Accident Summary Nr: 132686.015 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 01/20/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1511555.015	01/21/2021		237130	Ward Electric Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:45 a.m. on January 20, 2021, Employee #1, employed by a power line construction company, was working from the personnel basket of a crane and erecting a steel transmission structure. The basket's hydraulic controls malfunctioned, causing the basket to pin and crush the employee against the structure. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Basket, Caught Between, Construction, Crane, Crushed, Equipment Failure, Hydraulic Crane, Metal Pole, Personnel Cage, Pinned, Power Line Worker, Power Trans Appar, Steel Erection

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition				20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1511555.015	49	M	Fatality		Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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