Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170764237 - Employee injured in fall when scissor lift hits floor hole

Accident Summary Nr: 170764237 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 05/20/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125586743	05/20/1998	1742	0	San Joaquin Drywall, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a self-propelled upright MX 15119 scissor lift to tape drywall at a supermarket construction site. He was moving the lift while elevated when it went into an uncovered hole in the concrete floor. Employee #1 fell 16 ft from the 30 in. wide by 5 ft 4 in. long work platform, fracturing his pelvis, elbows, and wrists.

Keywords: COVER, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, PELVIS, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125586743			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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