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Accident: 14319933 - One Employee Killed, One Injured As Lift Basket Crushes Both

**Accident: 14319933 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 04/18/1996**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
116160581	04/19/1996	1542	Palmer Construction Company, Incorporated

Employees #1 and #2, iron workers, were positioning a strut support for welding. They became caught between the work basket on a hydraulic boom-supported elevating work platform and a steel beam. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 was hospitalized.

Keywords: steel beam, iron worker, construction, caught between, crushed, aerial lift

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	116160581			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	116160581			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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