Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200083269 - Employee injured when pinned between lift rail and beam

Accident Summary Nr: 200083269 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 09/22/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310187711	09/24/2007	1791	238120	Eastern Steel Erectors, Llc

Abstract: On September 22, 2007, Employee #1 was in an aerial lift. He was backing up the lift when he became pinned between a horizontally erected piece of steel and the top rail of the aerial lift. He had his back to the steel beam and did not realize how close it was to the lift. Employee #1 sustained non-life-threatening injuries, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, STEEL BEAM, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, AERIAL LIFT, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310187711			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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