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Accident: 200820520 - Employee Killed In Fall When Scissor Lift Overturns

**Accident: 200820520 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 01/31/2000**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
113457535	02/23/2000	1711	S.J. Carlson

Employee #1 was on a scissor lift at a height of 32 ft, installing brackets for a sprinkler system. As he was working, he inadvertently drove the lift into an 8 in. deep depression, which caused it to overturn. Employee #1 rode the falling lift to the floor, sustaining injuries that required hospitalization. He died approximately three weeks after the accident.

Keywords: installing, floor hole, construction, fall, mech mat handling, work surface, aerial lift, overturn

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	113457535			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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