Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149448.015 - Employee dies after fall from unstable man basket

Accident Summary Nr: 149448.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 08/19/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1616043.015	08/19/2022		238120	Hunt Steel Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on August 19, 2022, an employee was inspecting welds approximately 30 feet above the ground with a coworker. The man basket attachment they were standing in tipped off of the telehandler fork tines. Both the employee and the coworker (Investigation Summary 150171) fell approximately 30 feet as a result. The employee and coworker sustained serious injuries including internal bleeding within the heart and around the brain. On October 21, 2022, the employee died as a result of his injuries.

Keywords: Back, Basket, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Concrete Floor, Defective, Defective Equipment, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Forklift, Forks, Hip, Inspecting, Lung, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Training

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1616043.015	39	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 30 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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