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Accident Summary Nr: 133802.015 - One employee is killed, another is injured when lift tips ov

Accident Summary Nr: 133802.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 03/03/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1518016.015	03/05/2021		332323	Why Not Iron, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on March 3, 2021, Employee #1 and Employee #2 and four coworkers were performing drive-in rack removal operations in a large cold storage warehouse. Employee #1 and Employee #2 were in a Genie GS-3232 scissor lift approximately 34 feet above the ground removing the top drive-in rail support system. Coworker #1 was securing a rack that was being disassembled with a rope attached to a bar joist as a make shift pulley. Coworker #2 was removing the lower drive-in rails that held the racking system together. Coworker #3 and Coworker #4 were picking up hardware that had fallen to the ground. Employee #1 was on a scissor lift assisting in the removal of a top drive-in rail support system with Employee #2. As Employee #2 removed the disassembled rail support system, the rail system suddenly fell onto the scissor lift causing the scissor lift to tip onto its side killing Employee #1. Employee #2 was seriously injured and hospitalized but survived.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Contusion, Equipment Operator, Falling Object, Fracture, Hip, Inexperience, Leg, Material Handling, Metal Rail, Overturn, Pulley, Puncture, Roll-Over, Rope, Scissor lift, Unsecured, Warehouse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Demolition				37	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1518016.015	31	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 34 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 34 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:
2	1518016.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 34 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 34 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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