Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200040186 - Employee killed in fall from scissor lift

Accident Summary Nr: 200040186 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 03/30/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301972824	04/01/1998	1542	0	Bolar Equipment Service

Abstract: On March 30, 1998, Employee #1, the foreman, and three coworkers started a routine canopy erection job at a gas station and convenience store in Carlsbad, NM. The coworkers began to unload iron from a semi-truck while Employee #1 positioned a scissor manlift to start notching and placing an I-beam on the first of eight 20 ft vertical steel beams that would hold up the canopy when the job was completed. Several hours into the process, he began to hang a hoist in a hole cut into the I-beam so that the canopy could be lifted into position when ready. The three coworkers unloading the truck heard the chains of the hoist strike the ground and turned to see Employee #1 lying, face down, on the cement pad. He was transported to Carlsbad Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, HOIST, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, 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		$50,000 to $250,000	1	17	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301972824			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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