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Accident Summary Nr: 167204.015 - Employee falls and hits head on basket rail, dies of head tr

Accident Summary Nr: 167204.015 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 06/04/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1752671.015	06/04/2024		532412	Equipment Finders, Inc. Of Tennessee

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on June 4, 2024, an employee working as a truck driver for an industrial equipment rental company was unloading a scissor lift from a trailer. The employee fell while standing in the lift basket and hit his head on the mid-rail guardrail. The employee died from the impact to the back of his head.

Keywords: Basket, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fracture, Guardrail, Head, Installing, Scissor lift, Trailer, Truck, Truck Driver, Unloading, Walking Surface, Work Surface

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1752671.015	47	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, light	Distance of Fall: 0 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 0 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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