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Accident Summary Nr: 201282266 - Employee Is Killed When Pinned Between Aerial Lift and Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201282266 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 04/06/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309616407	04/06/2006	1791	238120	David Withers Custom Welding, Inc.

Abstract: On April 6, 2006, Employee #1 was operating a vehicle mounted articulating aerial lift. While in the bucket, he began to raise the booms to the underside of a steel beam to install metal studs. As the aerial lift continued to hoist upward, he was caught leaning over the bucket with his back becoming pinned against the steel beam. He was unable to reach the controls or pull himself free and died.

Keywords: CHEST, STEEL BEAM, ASPHYXIATED, HOISTING MECHANISM, PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, AERIAL LIFT

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	1	19	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309616407			Fatality	Asphyxia	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Final Attachment Deck (Wel Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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