Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201570819 - Employee Injured When Scissor Lift Was Pulled Over

Accident Summary Nr: 201570819 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 04/17/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303676944	04/19/2001	1711	0	Ami Mechnical

Abstract: An employee was working in a bus barn, installing a new air conditioning system. He was working from a scissor lift at a height of approximately 3.5 meters. He was using a small portable welder, and its power supply cord was tied to a column in the center of the building and to the top rail of the guardrail on the scissor lift. (He had not plugged the welder into the outlet on the lift.) A bus pulling out of the structure caught the cord on its front bumper and pulled the scissor lift over. The employee sustained serious head and leg injuries. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: HEAD, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, FALL, ELECTRIC CORD, LEG, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303676944			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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