Incident date: 2025-05-05
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was outside assembling a 500-ton crane. The employee was connecting the rigging to the boom. He leaned forward to attach the lifting plate on the side of the boom and lost balance while bending over. He fell to the ground approximately 10 feet below, landing on his elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured elbow that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Cranes other mobile cranes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate