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Accident: 200084044 - Elevated Scissor Lift Collapses And Injures Two Workers
Accident: 200084044 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 11/28/2011
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
314407511 | 12/01/2011 | 1761 | Empire Construction Special Projects, Llc |
On November 28, 2011, Employee # 1 a 28-year-old male and Employee # 2 a 31-year-old male with Empire Construction Special Projects Llc., were inside a scissor lift elevated to about 24 feet. The two employees were placing insulation tape around a window and also installing Tyvec to the outside of a building, when one of the scissor lift members had a metal fatigue, the members separated and the platform collapsed forward throwing both employees to the ground. Employee #1 and Employee #2 sustained serious unspecified fracture injuries in the event.
Keywords:
mobile scaffold, collapse, scaffold collapse, fall, aerial lift, scaffold, scaffolding
Accident Details
End Use |
Proj Type |
Proj Cost |
Stories |
NonBldgHt |
Fatality |
Multi-family dwelling |
New project or new addition |
$5,000,000 to $20,000,000 |
6 |
85 |
|
Employee Details
Employee # |
Inspection |
Age |
Sex |
Degree |
Nature |
Occupation |
1 |
314407511 |
|
|
Hospitalized injury |
Fracture |
Occupation not reported |
2 |
314407511 |
|
|
Hospitalized injury |
Fracture |
Occupation not reported |