Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125112.015 - Employee is killed while working from aerial lift platform

Accident Summary Nr: 125112.015 -- Report ID: 0420100 -- Event Date: 03/18/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1471409.015	03/30/2020		237310	Thalle Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on March 18, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a heavy construction company, was operating an aerial lift at the site of a new one-story metal structure. He was working from the lift's platform and taking overhead measurements when he became caught between the lift's structure and the overhead metal structure. Employee #1 sustained crushing injuries to his neck and was killed by asphyxiation.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Aerial Lift Controls, Asphyxiated, Caught Between, Construction, Crushed, Elevated Work Platform, Equipment Operator, Neck, Pinched, Steel Erection

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition			1	16	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1471409.015	48	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work Fatality Cause:

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