Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201353224 - Employee killed when pinned by aerial lift and crosspiece

Accident Summary Nr: 201353224 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 09/28/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310027982	09/29/2006	1799	238990	National Fence Company Of Nwf, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, the company owner, was using a JLG aerial lift, model 600S, serial #043988-0300030536, to install crosspieces for a baseball backstop at a park. He was moving the lift to reposition the bucket when he became pinned between the lift control panel and a crosspiece. He was unable to free himself and was crushed. The cause of death was listed as traumatic asphyxia, but he also sufffered conjunctival hemorrhages, contusions and abrasions to his back and chest, and rib fractures. Employee #1 had had the lift boom over the front of the chassis. This position caused the direction of steer and drive movement to be the opposite of what it would have been if the boom were positioned over the rear (drive) axle, which is the recommended practice.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, ASPHYXIATED, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, RIB, MECH MAT HANDLING, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000		13	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310027982			Fatality	Asphyxia	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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