Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200081537 - Employee killed when crushed by scissor lift

Accident Summary Nr: 200081537 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 10/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116151051	10/10/2002	1791	0	Barney Skanska

Abstract: On October 10, 2002, Employee #1 was assigned the task of laying out the areas to which steel bracket were to be welded. While Employee #1 was working on the scissor lift he was fatally injured with jaw, back and neck injuries. The medical examiner stated the injuries were too extreme to have been caused by a same level fall. The medical examiner stated that the injuries were consistent with a crushing injury.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BACK, CRUSHED, NECK, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	23	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116151051			Fatality	Other	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Welding/Bu Fatality Cause: Other

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