Incident date: 2024-02-25
NAICS industry code: 332111

An employee was operating an electric overhead travelling crane. The crane picked up four slabs of raw steel and travelled to the end of the runway. The end stops halted the crane but allowed the crane cab to contact the landing structure which in turn caused the mounting bolts of the crane to shear. The crane cab fell approximately 40 feet to the ground and the operator sustained a fractured skull, fractured vertebrae, and a laceration to the back of the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate