Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123483.015 - Employee breaks jaw when lift is jarred driving through door

Accident Summary Nr: 123483.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 11/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1450815.015	12/05/2019		512110	Ambient Sounds Productions Llc

Abstract: At 1:53 p.m. on November 26, 2019, an employee was working as a rigging grip during demolition activities for a motion picture and video production company. The employee was driving a JLG single man aerial lift and was about to pass through the front door of the stage warehouse. The front wheels hit the threshold and jarred the lift forcing the employee forward with no time to react. He caught his head between the door frame and the lift truck. The employee broke his jaw in three places and was hospitalized requiring surgery.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Aerial Truck, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Building, Caught Between, Driving, Equipment Operator, Fracture, Head, Jaw, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck Against, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition			1	9

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1450815.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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