Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 148920.015 - Employee is killed when scissor lift tips over

Accident Summary Nr: 148920.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 08/15/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1615007.015	08/16/2022		236220	Swinerton Builders

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on August 15, 2022, an employee was removing wall shoring when he cut the ties supporting the wall form and the form leaned into a scissor lift he was working from. The scissor lift tipped over, and the employee fell onto the concrete slab. The employee died due to traumatic head injury.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Slab, Cut, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Removing, Scissor lift, Shoring, Tie Wire, Tips Over, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1615007.015	36	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 13 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause:

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