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Accident: 201088747 - Employee Is Burned By Hot Hydraulic Oil From Leak

**Accident: 201088747 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/19/2006**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
310819602	04/16/2007	1796	Renewable Management Corp

At approximately 4:15 p.m. on October 19, 2006, Employee #1 was operating a telescopic insulated aerial device installing brackets to a building structure. He was moving the man-basket when a hydraulic line came loose from the end fitting covering him with heated hydraulic oil over his torso. He was hospitalized with severe burns.

Keywords: burn, hydraulic lift, abdomen, hoisting mechanism, hydraulic fluid, construction, hoist, struck by, aerial lift

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	310819602			Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Other

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