Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201180932 - Employee injured when vehicle struck lift basket

Accident Summary Nr: 201180932 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 12/28/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125613448	01/03/2002	1542	0	Swinerton Builders

Abstract: At 7:05 a.m. on December 28, 2001, Employee #1 was working as a laborer and carpenter for Swinerton Builders, moving an aerial lift from the parking lane on Geary Street onto the jobsite at the main lobby. While Employee #1 was off-loading the aerial lift from the trailer onto the job site, a taxicab which was heading west on Geary Street, and speeding with no headlights on, according to the witnesses, passed by the flagman and struck the lift at the cage or basket. Employee #1 was not wearing body belt or harness with lanyard, and had not secured himself to the basket. After the cab struck the lift, Employee #1 was launched into the air for approximately 130 feet. There was no harness and lanyard in the basket at the time of accident. Employee #1 suffered a minor contusion injury and was not hospitalized.

Keywords: TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, SAFETY BELT, LANYARD, STRUCK BY, AERIAL LIFT, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000		4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125613448			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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