Incident date: 2016-04-23
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was acting as a spotter for a crane being moved. While standing between the crane and another stationary crane, the employee attempted to warn the crane operator that he was about to hit the other crane when he was crushed between the crane that was moving and the stationary crane. He suffered lung, hip, and head injuries and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Cranes-truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate