Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144489.015 - Employee is killed when crushed between lift and wall

Accident Summary Nr: 144489.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 11/13/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1583139.015	11/15/2021		238130	Big And Small Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on November 13, 2021, an employee (Contractor) was installing house wrap with a pneumatic stapler over exterior sheathing on the first floor of a pre-fabricated house. The employee was found caught between the rails of the scissor lift and the house wall. The employee had been crushed and asphyxiated, which killed him.

Keywords: Abdomen, Asphyxiated, Back, Building, Caught Between, Construction, Crushed, Installing, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Pinned, Scissor lift, Wall, Working Alone

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1583139.015	40	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause:

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