Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 162902.015 - Employee falls from scissor lift causing head trauma leading

Accident Summary Nr: 162902.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 12/29/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1719415.015	01/04/2024		238160	Groeneweg Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on December 29, 2023, Employee #1 was working for a framing contractor. Employee #1 was securing interior metal panels with a cordless drill to the interior wall of a pole barn while standing on a scissor lift. Employee #1 fell 7 feet from the scissor lift causing head trauma resulting in his fatality.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Barn, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Elevated, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Frame, Framing, Head, Panel, Portable Power Tool, Scaffold, Scissor lift, Sheet Metal, Traumatic, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1719415.015	56	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: 7 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause:

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