Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201489226 - Employee Is Injured During Loading Operation

Accident Summary Nr: 201489226 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 12/18/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301127015	12/20/2006	1622	237310	Kiewit Pacific Co.

Abstract: On February 2, 2007, Employee #1 was unhooking rigging from a temporary pile that was lowered onto a barge. The rigging was attached to the whip line of a lattice mobile crawler crane. The headache ball was two feet off the ground, when it suddenly dropped to ground level and rolled onto Employee #1's right leg. Employee #1 was treated at the scene by emergency medical personnel, and was transported to a hospital, where he remained for seven days. Employee #1 sustained a fractured right fibula.

Keywords: BARGE, FRACTURE, CRAWLER CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, HEADACHE BALL, FOOT, LEG

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301127015			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drillers, earth	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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