Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201165701 - Employee fractures leg in fall from arm of manlift

Accident Summary Nr: 201165701 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/03/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126108463	05/11/2004	1751	238130	D W Mccasland Inc

Abstract: On May 3, 2004, Employee #1, a carpenter for an industrial framing business, was working at the construction site for a two-story school building. He was operating a Grove manlift, model MZ66B, and had just finished refueling the tank. He was descending the 20-degree sloped arm of the lift when his left foot slipped off the lift. His right leg stayed on the lift but it tripped over a hook, causing his leg to twist awkwardly. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures to his right leg, for which he was hospitalized. Subsequent investigation determined that his left foot apparently slipped on a small amount of spilled gas on the arm. The causal factor of the accident was that safe access was not provided to employees when they refueled the lift. Employee #1 was a Certified Operator for the manlift and it was his routine each week to take a 5-gallon gas container, climb onto the sloped arm base, and refuel the tank.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REFUELING, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, TRIPPED, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, SPILL, AERIAL LIFT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126108463			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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