Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116559.015 - Employee falls as lift tips over and dies from brain hemorrh

Accident Summary Nr: 116559.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 05/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1403650.015	05/24/2019		236220	Hwami Builder Llc

Abstract: At 4:45 p.m. on May 22, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction project, the renovation of a one-story commercial building. He was operating a scissor lift and moving it down a steel ramp to unload it from a trailer. The ramp collapsed, and the scissor lift tipped 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 internal 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		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1403650.015	36	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause:

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