Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 161400.015 - Employee suffers fatality from overturned scissor lift

Accident Summary Nr: 161400.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 11/02/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1708405.015	11/03/2023		238130	Manzanares Brothers Framing Llc

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on November 2, 2023, Employee #1 was working for a Framing Contractor. Employee #1 and coworkers were removing a scissor lift from the third story of the new metal framed building being constructed on site. The scissor lift was being removed with the use of a rough terrain fork truck. Employee #1 was giving the fork truck operator hand signals. The scissor lift started to roll over while being lifted, Employee #1 was at the edge of the third floor while giving hand signals to operator. He tried to get to out of the way but was struck by the top rail of the lift and was pinned between the scissor lift and concrete floor. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and died a short time later from trauma to the head and back.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Back, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Caught In, Construction vehicle, Forklift, Head, Lumbar Fracture, Lumbar Injury, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Scissor lift, Struck By, Traumatic, Traumatic Brain Injury

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1708405.015	32	M	Fatality		Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause:

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