Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200824076 - Employee Is Injured When Aerial Lift Malfunctions

Accident Summary Nr: 200824076 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 03/30/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312724677	03/31/2009	1791	238120	K & K Iron Works, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on March 30, 2009, Employee #1 returned from a lunch break and was working from the basket of an aerial lift to weld gussets on a steel I-beam. The I-beam was intended to support the third floor deck of a building under construction. As Employee #1 maneuvered the aerial lift's controls to telescope towards the building to continue work on the I-beam, he let go of the control toggle switch to stop movement. However, a failure occurred and the basket kept telescoping towards the building, pinning Employee #1 between the basket and the I-beam. A coworker activated the emergency stop button several times, finally stopping movement on the fourth or fifth try. Employee #1 was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was hospitalized and treated for multiple fractures on both arms.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PINNED, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, ARM, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	6	72

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312724677			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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