Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201181161 - Employees injured in scissor lift tipover

Accident Summary Nr: 201181161 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 02/22/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300890860	03/11/2002	1796	0	Meddco Metals

Abstract: At approximate 7:15 a.m. on February 22, 2002, Employee #1 and Employee #2, ironworkers at Meddco Metals on the second level at 860 Howard Street in San Francisco, California, were hanging ceiling hooks from a scissor lift. Employees #1 and #2 were elevated approximately 22 ft. Employee #1 was operating the scissor lift and traveling to a work point when lift began to tip. Employee #1 jumped off the lift before it hit ground and Employee #2 remained on the lift until it hit the ground. Both Employees were taken to the hospital. Employee #1 was released later that day and Employee #2 hospitalized with both his legs broken, his right arm broken, his right shoulder dislocated, and sprains and bruises. The Employees were contractors from Max Fusion, Inc.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, IRON WORKER, FALL, ARM, FALLING OBJECT, AERIAL LIFT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	3	36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300890860			Hospitalized injury	Other	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Fall, other
2	300890860			Hospitalized injury	Other	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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