Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 118722.015 - Employee falls with scissor lift, receives fractures to hip
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1421340.015 | 08/07/2019 | 238120 | Patriot Erectors , Llc |
Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on August 5, 2019, an employee worked from a scissor lift to tack weld a column into place. After realizing that the column was backwards, the employee used a grinder to cut the welds. After cutting three of the welds, the employee began to twist the column after the fourth and final weld was halfway cut. The column began to fall over, the employee held the column to push it away when the scissor lift fell over. The employee fell with the lift and was hospitalized to treat fractures to the hip and left elbow.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Commercial building | New project or new addition | 2 | 13 |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 1421340.015 | 30 | M | Hospitalized injury | Construction laborers | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: |