Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170180772 - Employee killed when crushed between scissor lifts

Accident Summary Nr: 170180772 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 01/03/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112155965	01/03/1992	7812	0	Warner Bros. Studios

Abstract: On January 3, 1992, Employee #1, a transportation employee for Warner Bros., was instructed to move a Hunter model 241 scissor lift from an upper level parking area to another location. The lift was the way of a film shoot. Employee #1 used a pendant control to operate the lift from the ground. As he moved the lift down a ramp between two parking levels, he positioned himself between a scissor lift that was at the bottom of the ramp and the scissor lift he was operating. Employee #1 lost control of the lift and it crashed into him, crushing him against the stationary lift and killing him. Employee #1 had not been trained on how to operate scissor lifts. In addition, the pendant control on the Hunter lift is not designed to ANSI standards: The pendant direction controls are not guarded against inadvertent operation and there is no separate emergency stopping device on the control.

Keywords: REMOTE CONTROL, RAMP, WORK RULES, EMERGENCY STOP, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, LOST CONTROL, UNTRAINED, UNGUARDED, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112155965			Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, heavy

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