Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201094554 - Employee injured in fall from scissor lift

Accident Summary Nr: 201094554 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 01/17/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300810215	01/19/2001	1761	0	Jim Schmitz Roofing

Abstract: At 11:20 a.m. on January 17, 2001, Employee #1 was on the bed of a truck with roofing material. This truck is the type that can be either a dump truck or used as a scissor lift. The truck has a hydraulic piston to close off the openings on the rails which makes it into a scissor lift instead of a dump truck. This was done, however the left side did not close and the wheel did not stay in the rail while it was going up vertically. At a height of about 7- to 10-feet the right side popped out, which it now could do since the left side was not in the rail. At this time the truck bed went into dump mode and dumped Employee #1 out along with the roofing material, which came out on top of him. Employee #1 was injured and was taken to the hospital where he still was on January 19, 2001.

Keywords: DUMP TRUCK, ROOFER, FALL, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300810215			Hospitalized injury	Other	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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