Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201088747 - Employee Is Burned by Hot Hydraulic Oil from Leak

Accident Summary Nr: 201088747 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/19/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310819602	04/16/2007	1796	238220	Renewable Management Corp

Abstract: 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		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310819602			Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Other

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