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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1402051.01505/20/2019238390Defabco, 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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