Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200740561 - Employee injured when aerial lift overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200740561 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 10/29/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302552864	11/01/1999	1542	0	Lakeview Associates Llc

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a JLG scissor lift to install Tyvex covering on the plywood exterior 15 ft up the side of a building. He drove the lift over the curb of a handicapped access ramp, and the lift tipped over. Employee #1 sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: RAMP, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, MECH MAT HANDLING, SLOPE, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302552864			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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