Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170765507 - Aerial Lift Overturns Killing One Worker, Injuring Another

Accident Summary Nr: 170765507 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 06/16/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125537191	06/16/2006	1731	238210	U S Trades Llc

Abstract: At approximately 8:05 a.m. on June 16, 2006, Employees #1 and #2 were working at a facility that was a warehouse. A wine bottling line was being installed. The two employees were using a Snorkel S1930 Scissor Lift at a platform height of 18.7 feet. The employees worked for Amteck of Kentucky Inc., an electrical contractor. They were guiding 480 volt, 3-phase wiring into a ceiling-mounted conduit that was installed at a height of 22 ft. Wiring was being pulled over the siderail of the lift, which caused the lift to overturn. Employee #1 suffered head trauma and was killed. Employee #2 was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, ELECTRICIAN, CONSTRUCTION, PELVIS, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, FALL, CONCUSSION, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125537191			Fatality	Concussion	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons
2	125537191			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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