Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201164464 - Employee injured in fall from scissor lift

Accident Summary Nr: 201164464 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/16/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126159276	12/17/2002	1742	238390	Grey-Co Acoustical

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 a.m. on December 16, 2002, Employee #1, a carpenter/foreman, was installing aluminum runners to hang ceiling tiles in an automobile show room. The ceiling was about 18 feet high and the employee was using an elevating platform (Scissor Lift) Model Number 3015, Serial Number 15355, with a wheel base of 50 inches long and 29 inches wide. The employee was on the fully extended platform 15 feet high and had just finished installing aluminum runners by the east wall. The runners were 12 feet long and were extended over the rails. The employee was repositioning the platform when it suddenly tilted causing him to fall to the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with his injuries.

Keywords: CARPENTER, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126159276			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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