Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171055411 - Employee injured in fall from scissor lift

Accident Summary Nr: 171055411 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 08/18/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126775832	08/19/1997	1711	0	Madsen Mechanical

Abstract: On August 18, 1997, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing the HVAC ducting for a future Smith's Food and Drug building. They used a Strato lift and boom scissor lift, KRX-20, which they had borrowed from Network Electric, to elevate them to the work area. At the time of the accident, they were in the entryway of the building fastening together two pieces of 14 in. piping. To fasten the bottom side of the material, Employee #1 had to squat down and get under the material to see the work above him. While he was in this position, he slipped between the left top guardrail and the walking surface of the Strato lift. Employee #1 fell from the lift, sustaining injuries that required hospitalization. The chain used as a midrail was not hooked up. Employees entered the basket from the left side of the Strato lift; the rest of the basket had substantial steel guardrails.

Keywords: CHAIN, GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, MIDRAIL, 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	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126775832			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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