Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128370.015 - One is killed, one is injured when trapped on lift above fir

Accident Summary Nr: 128370.015 -- Report ID: 0627500 -- Event Date: 08/05/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1486925.015	08/05/2020		237120	Ogt, Llc

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on August 5, 2020, Employees #1 and #2, employed by a pipeline construction company, were working from an aerial lift and removing piping from a stabilizer tower. A fire broke out below, the aerial lift failed to operate, and the two employees were trapped on the lift. Employee #1 jumped off the lift, hit his head on a pipe, and was killed. Employee #2 also jumped off the lift, sustaining injuries in the fall. Employee #2 was transported by emergency services to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a fractured leg from the fall and burns from the fire.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Aerial Lift, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Burn, Caught In, Construction, Dismantling, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Fire, Fracture, Head, Leg, Pipe, Skull, Struck Against, Tower

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1486925.015	23	M	Fatality

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