Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200603538 - Employee Is Killed When Pinned by Aerial Lift

Accident Summary Nr: 200603538 -- Report ID: 0625410 -- Event Date: 12/21/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309756666	12/21/2006	1731	238210	Rentz Electric, Inc

Abstract: On December 21, 2006, Employee #1 was operating the controls of a mobile aerial lift to move the lift forward. Due to the position of the control panel, his back was facing the direction in which he was traveling. He was pinned between a purlin and the control panel/ aerial lift's guardrail, and was crushed and asphyxiated.

Keywords: CHEST, ASPHYXIATED, PINNED, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, AERIAL LIFT CONTROLS, AERIAL LIFT, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309756666			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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