Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201084241 - Employee injured while operating elevated work platform

Accident Summary Nr: 201084241 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 05/21/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120340443	07/28/2003	1721	238320	Wm B Saleh Co

Abstract: On May 21, 2003, Employee #1 was operating an elevated work platform, scissor-lift, a Genie Model, GS-1930, to be used in painting the lobby of a commercial Bank. Employee #1 was attempting to drive the scissor-lift, which was 77 inches tall, through the lobby entrance of the bank. The doorframe was approximately 85 inches tall and Employee #1 was crouching on the work platform and operating the controls. As the scissor-lift passed beneath the doorframe, his head became pinched between the doorframe and the top railing of the lift. A coworker helped to free Employee #1 and he was transported to the University Medical Center in Fresno, California. He was hospitalized and treated for several injuries, which included a severely injured left eye, dislocated lower jaw, and damaged left side of his face. A detailed investigation revealed that there was inadequate clearance for operating the elevating work platform from the work deck. The scissor-lift could have been controlled from ground level.

Keywords: EYE, HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, DISLOCATED, AERIAL LIFT CONTROLS, FACE, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120340443			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Supervisors; painters, paperhangers and plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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