Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201043163 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Roof of Manlift

Accident Summary Nr: 201043163 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 06/06/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311015788	06/06/2007	1799	238290	Mcdonough Construction Rentals Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 am, on June 6, 2007, while working at the Tahiti Village in Las Vegas Timeshare job site, Employee #1, a manlift operator, was performing his daily maintenance check on manlift #1479. The employee notified another employee about his routine maintenance, and started working at the pit of the manlift. The manlift was at the second landing, and the run/stop switch was on the "OFF" position. After doing his maintenance from the pit, the employee went to the roof of the manlift to grease up the gears, the roof of the manlift had guardrails. Employee #1 went over the guardrails, and slipped and fell over approximately 20-ft to the ground. The employee broke his ribs and trachea on the cross guards, and landed on the buffer springs in a sitting position. Employee #1 was taken by Emergency medical response to an area hospital, suffering multiple fractures, and later taken to the UMC Hospital Trauma Center.

Keywords: ROOF, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, GUARD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	11	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311015788			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Elevator installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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