Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 107004.015 - Employee breaks knee in fall from scissor lift

Accident Summary Nr: 107004.015 -- Report ID: 0352460 -- Event Date: 06/15/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1323609.015	06/19/2018		238220	W. E. Bowers & Associates, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on June 15, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a heating and plumbing company, were working at a multiemployer construction project, a new one-story commercial building. Employee #1 was installing a cast iron sewage evacuation pipe in a Genie GR-20 Runabout, a single person scissor lift. His coworker was using an acetylene torch and soldering a copper pipe nearby. The acetylene tank caught fire. Employee #1, thinking the tank would explode, jumped from the scissor lift to escape. He landed on the concrete surface, a fall height of approximately 10 feet. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a fractured left knee.

Keywords: Acetylene, Aerial Lift, Concrete, Construction, Explosion, Fall, Fall Protection, Fire, Fracture, Installing, Jump On Moving Equip, Knee, Pipe, Tank

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1323609.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury		Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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