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Accident: 116559.015 - Employee Falls As Lift Tips Over And Dies From Brain Hemorrh

**Accident: 116559.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 05/22/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1403650.015	05/24/2019		Hwami Builder Llc

At 4:45 p.m. on May 22, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, w as working at a multiemployer construction project, the renovation of a one-stor y commercial building. He was operating a scissor lift and moving it down a ste el ramp to unload it from a trailer. The ramp collapsed, and the scissor lift t ipped over. Employee #1 fell from the lift and struck his head on the ground. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he died from i nternal bleeding in the brain.

Keywords: aerial lift, brain, construction, fall, hemorrhage, loading, loading ramp, lost balance, overturn, ramp, seat belt, structural collapse, trailer

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1403650.015	36	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause:

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