Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130008.015 - Two employees are injured when forklift knocks over scissor

Accident Summary Nr: 130008.015 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 03/24/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1471365.015	03/27/2020		561320	Elite Force Staffing, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on March 24, 2020, two employees were working in a Genie� elevating work platform (Model GS-1930). The elevated work platform that they were working on was pulled down to the floor by a passing forklift, when the forklift drove by and caught an electrical extension cord that was secured around the rail of the elevated work platform and connected to a floor-level receptacle. Employee #1 sustained a broken arm from the fall, and Employee #2 sustained multiple injuries. Both employees were hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Broken Bone, Caught By, Electric Cord, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Forklift, Scissor lift, Tips Over

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1471365.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:
2	1471365.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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