Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200071785 - Employee Is Killed When Table Lift Falls During Maintenance

Accident Summary Nr: 200071785 -- Report ID: 0453720 -- Event Date: 07/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125251223	07/11/2002	2653	0	Jefferson Smurfit Corporation (Us)

Abstract: At approximately 10:20 a.m. on July 10, 2003, Employee #1, a mechanic, was working with a coworker, a senior maintenance mechanic. The coworker began removing a hydraulic cylinder from a scissor table lift, an Ecoa Hydraulic lifts, Inc., Model HLT. Only one job maintenance block was used instead of the required two. The coworker was called away to another job. Employee #1 was removing the cylinder when the table lift fell striking him. He received massive head, face, neck, and upper body trauma and died.

Keywords: HEAD, HYDRAULIC LIFT, MAINTENANCE, HYDRAULIC CYLINDER, CRUSHED, FALL, NECK, STRUCK BY, FACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125251223			Fatality	Other	Industrial machinery repairers

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