Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170176127 - Two employees injured in fall when scissor lift overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 170176127 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 06/27/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111739199	06/27/1991	1791	0	B & R Steel

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were using an Economy Wildcat scissors lift, model #SP2130, serial #KF62749B-3, to install earthquake seismic restraints on a building. The lift was extended up 18 ft 6 in. and stationed on ground that sloped away from the building. The employees were using plywood placed on the ground to level the platform when the scissors lift overturned. Employees #1 and #2 fell to the ground and were injured. The operator's manual said to use this lift only on a hard, firm level surface. The company had indicated over the phone that this meant concrete.

Keywords: UNEVEN GROUND, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111739199			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Structural metal workers
2	111739199			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Structural metal workers

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