Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 160032.015 - Employee dies from head injuries in fall from scissor lift

Accident Summary Nr: 160032.015 -- Report ID: 1055330 -- Event Date: 09/11/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1698072.015	09/11/2023		236115	Wa317975979 - Hernandez Framing Llc

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on September 11, 2023, an employee working for a framing contractor was performing framing on a residential building. The crew was using two scissor lifts in tandem to elevate and insert an approximately 300-pound to 350-pound wooden beam into the side of a steel I-beam. The employee stepped up approximately 2 feet onto the outside of one scissor lift to adjust the wooden beam, which was centered on the railing of the scissor lifts. The employee died after he fell off the scissor lift and struck the wooden beam with his head before impacting the ground.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Framing, H-Beam, Head, Residential Construction, Scissor lift, Steel Beam, Struck Against, Training, Wood, Wood Erection

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1698072.015	41	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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