Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117700.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries when scissor lift tips o

Accident Summary Nr: 117700.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 05/30/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1410356.015	06/24/2019		238120	Legacy Steel, Llc

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on May 30, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker were engaged in steel erection for a two-story commercial building. Each of the two employees was working from a separate JLG Scissor Lift. The coworker was welding joists and Employee #1 was installing bridging. The coworker's welding lead, which was tied to the top rail of his scissor lift, became lodged in Employee #1's scissor lift. Employee #1 did not realize this had happened and began to descend his lift. The welding lead lodged in Employee #1 lift caused the lift to tip over, and Employee #1 fell. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of multiple injuries, including fractures to both ankles, his tibia, and a vertebra, and lacerations to the head and arm.

Keywords: Ankle, Arm, Blunt force trauma, Caught By, Construction, Descending, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Installing, Joist, Laceration, Scissor lift, Steel Erection, Tibia, Tips Over, Vertebra, Welding

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1410356.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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