Accident Summary Nr: 108613.015 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 08/24/2018
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
| 1341926.015 | 08/28/2018 | | 238120 | Pennsylvania Steel Erectors |
Abstract:
At 11:50 a.m. on August 24, 2018, Employee #1 was welding lintels in the ceiling, while standing in a scissor lift, with the platform extended into the path of personnel hoist. The Scissor lift Platform was inadvertently, struck from (below) by a moving personnel hoist car and as a result, Employee #1 was then crushed between the (upper) scissor's lift guardrail and the ceiling. Employee #1 then sustained a broken arm and wrist, collapsed lung, blood clot in his lungs, and kidney damage. Afterwards, he was transported to the hospital and released after approximately two days.
Keywords:
Arm, Blood Clot, Ceiling, Collapsed lung, Crushed, Guardrail, Hoist, Kidney, Lung, Personnel Cage, Platform, Scissor lift, Stand-Up Operator, Struck By, Welding, Wrist
Accident Details
| End Use |
Project Type |
Project Cost |
Stories |
Non-building Height |
Fatality |
| Commercial building |
New project or new addition |
|
52 |
|
|
Employee Details
| Employee # |
Inspection Nr |
Age |
Sex |
Degree of Injury |
Nature of Injury |
Occupation |
| 1 |
1341926.015 |
38 |
M |
Hospitalized injury |
|
Welders and cutters |