Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200200939 - Employee killed in fall from elevated forklift platform

Accident Summary Nr: 200200939 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 07/23/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302558705	07/26/1999	1731	0	Westin Industries, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working from an elevated work platform that consisted of an 18 in. by 30 in. board atop a 4 ft by 4 ft wood plank pallet that was mounted on the forks of a Genie Superlift material handler. He was sitting in a metal folding chair on the board and was being hoisted toward the ceiling by a coworker using a two-hand winch. Employee #1 was at a height of approximately 15 ft with the forks extended when he fell to the concrete floor and was killed.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM, WORK SURFACE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302558705			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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