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Accident Summary Nr: 200624047 - Employee Is Killed When Crane Cable Fails and Releases Load

Accident Summary Nr: 200624047 -- Report ID: 0454711 -- Event Date: 10/05/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310309653	10/05/2006	1622	237310	Hill Brothers Construction & Engineering Co Inc

Abstract: On October 5, 2006, Employee #1, a welder, was working at a construction jobsite where a Link-Belt 218 lattice boom crawler crane was used to move a 10,000-lb MKT V22 vibratory hammer. During the handling operation, the crane's gantry cable parted and the boom fell on a railroad car and a railroad bridge. The vibratory hammer was also released, and it struck and pinned Employee #1 to the ground. He sustained multiple body fractures and was killed as a result.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WIRE ROPE, BOOM, CRAWLER CRANE, WELDER, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310309653			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pile driving Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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