Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170630990 - Two employees injured when scissor lift overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 170630990 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 03/08/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119783116	04/16/1996	1731	0	Eagle Lighting Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 3:08 p.m. on March 8, 1996, Employees #1 and #2, of Eagle Lighting Corporation, were using a fully extended Hunter scissor lift to work on a lighting fixture without having extended the four mechanical outriggers. The scissor lift overturned and fell to the ground. Employees #1 and #2 suffered multiple fractures and were taken to Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital, where they were admitted for four days and then treated as outpatients.

Keywords: FRACTURE, OUTRIGGER, WORK RULES, LIGHTING FIXTURE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119783116			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	119783116			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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