Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200512523 - Employee killed when crushed between beam and guardrail

Accident Summary Nr: 200512523 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 08/12/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303881262	08/13/2000	1721	0	Capitol Painting Company Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was on an aerial lift platform, using a pressure washer to prep a work bay. He was trying to move under an I-beam when his neck became pinned between it and the top guardrail of the lift platform. Employee #1 died of traumatic asphyxiation.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, SUFFOCATED, PINNED, CLEANING, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, NECK, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303881262			Fatality	Asphyxia	Painters, construction and maintenance

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