Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200626950 - Supervisor Is Ejected from Aerial Lift and Killed in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 200626950 -- Report ID: 0454715 -- Event Date: 07/15/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317263127	07/19/2013	1751	238130	Dr Carey Frix Dba Frix Jennings Clinic Pc, Frix Pr

Abstract: On July 15, 2013, Employee #1, a work crew supervisor employed by a medical clinic, was engaged in exterior carpentry. He was working from a personnel platform attached to the forks of a Terex SS-636 Turbo Square Shooter Telehandler. The machine rolled backward down a hill and struck a tree. Employee #1 and the personnel platform were ejected from the lift. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: EJECTED, PLATFORM, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	350	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317263127			Fatality	Other	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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