Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124868.015 - Employee suffers multiple injuries when aerial lift falls

Accident Summary Nr: 124868.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 03/14/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1470183.015	03/17/2020		332420	Atec Steel, Llc.

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on March 14, 2020, an employee was using a JLG aerial lift to reach the roof of a tank to weld lead to the roof. When the lift reached to an approximate height of about 57 feet, it stopped. The employee went to adjust the lift and it fell with him attached to the basket. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to both ankles and feet, five fractured vertebrae, and multiple lacerations.

Keywords: Adjust, Aerial Lift, Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Foot, Fracture, Laceration, Lift, Lift Bucket, Roof, Tank, Vertebra, Welding

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition				64

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1470183.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: 57 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 57 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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