Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200674562 - Aerial lift pins employee against beam and kills him

Accident Summary Nr: 200674562 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/14/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306182155	07/14/2003	1542	236220	Mummaw Associates, Inc.

Abstract: On July 14, 2003, an employee was operating a lift on the fourth level of a parking garage ramp. The employee was using the lift to clean windows on the upper level and was crushed when the lift pinned him to the overhead beam of the parking garage and the control panel of the Genie Z-33 foot lift.

Keywords: BEAM, HEAD, ASPHYXIATED, PINNED, CLEANING, MACHINE OPERATOR, STRUCK AGAINST, CRUSHED, UNTRAINED, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	8	100	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306182155			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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