Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110157.015 - Employee falls from scissor lift, fractures ribs and back

Accident Summary Nr: 110157.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 10/12/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1353979.015	10/12/2018		238320	Brisco Corp

Abstract: At 12:10 a.m. on October 12, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a painting company, was engaged in painting activity at a multiemployer construction project, a commercial building. He was driving a scissor lift with the platform extended when the lift tipped over. The employee fell, a fall height of 19 feet. He was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for multiple fractured ribs and vertebrae.

Keywords: Back, Construction, Equipment Operator, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Overturn, Painter, Rib, Scissor lift, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				19

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1353979.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause:

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