Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116375.015 - Employee incurs chest contusions when caught between aerial

Accident Summary Nr: 116375.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 05/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1402051.015	05/20/2019		238390	Defabco, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on May 16, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a building construction contractor, was installing a new elevated walkway at a tank farm. He was working from the basket of an aerial lift. There was a fixed pipe racking system behind the basket. The employee retracted the lift basket and became caught between the lift's controls and the pipe racking system. He lost consciousness. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of chest contusions.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Basket, Blunt force trauma, Boom, Catwalk, Caught Between, Chest, Construction, Contusion, Hydraulic Lift, Installing, Pipe, Storage Rack, Tank, Unconsciousness

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1402051.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause:

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