Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170340020 - Employee killed when scissor lift collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 170340020 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 07/18/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122026230	07/23/1996	1795	0	Central Salvage Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a 500 lb capacity scissor lift to finish lowering a transformer after the wires suspending the transformer had been cut. The aerial platform and Employee #1 fell approximately 10 ft onto the concrete floor. His head struck the hard surface forcefully, and he was killed. The transformer weighed 1,820 lb.

Keywords: HEAD, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122026230			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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