Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170865711 - Employee injured in fall when scissor lift tips

Accident Summary Nr: 170865711 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 03/16/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125866350	04/03/1998	1541	0	Industrial Contracting Engineers, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, of Industrial Contracting Engineers, Inc., was working atop a platform elevated by a scissor lift near the north wall of a two-story auto service center. The left front wheel of the lift dropped into a 2 ft by 2 ft by 5 in. deep hole in the concrete floor, causing the platform to tip. Employee #1 fell approximately 15 ft and sustained a fractured vertebra, head lacerations, and a torn tendon in his right elbow.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, FLOOR HOLE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125866350			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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