Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128460.015 - Employee falls from scissor lift and suffers contusions

Accident Summary Nr: 128460.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 06/18/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1481859.015	07/03/2020		236220	Stockham Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:48 a.m. on June 18, 2020, Employee #1 was working for a commercial general contractor. The employer was a licensed general contractor who does work in drywall, acoustical ceilings, doors and steel framing. The jobsite was the 30th floor of an office building where sheetrock was being installed. Employee # 1 was standing 8 feet above the ground on the platform railing of a "Genie" GS-1330m scissors lift to secure sheetrock onto the wall. Employee #1 had installed the sheetrock and was climbing down the railing. Employee #1 stepped onto the swinging gate while climbing down. When Employee #1 stepped onto the gate, it swung inward. Employee # 1 lost his balance and fell onto the concrete slab suffering a contusion to the head and bruised ribs. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Building, Commercial Building, Contusion, Descending, Elevated, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Gate, Guardrail, Head, Lost Balance, Officer, Platform, Rib, Scissor lift, Sheetrock, Swing

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1481859.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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