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Accident Summary Nr: 123416.015 - Employee injures head when ejected from basket of aerial lif

Accident Summary Nr: 123416.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 01/21/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1457579.015	01/22/2020		236220	Satterfield And Pontikes Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on January 21, 2020, Employee #1 was operating a Genie aerial lift during the rehabilitation of a two-story building. When the employee began to move the boom horizontally, the turntable came off the body of the lift, ejecting the employee. The employee fell and struck the surface. He was hospitalized for treatment of blunt force traumatic head injuries.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Basket, Blunt force trauma, Boom, Construction, Ejected, Equipment Failure, Equipment Operator, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Rehabilitation, Struck Against

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1457579.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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