Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201942299 - Employee Is Caught Between Steel Beam and Lift

Accident Summary Nr: 201942299 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 05/25/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309459451	05/26/2006	1791	238190	Cornelius Esperago Dba Waipahu Welding

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on May 25, 2006, Employee #1 was welding connections between beams and columns in the front entryway area of a new one-story research building. Employee #1 was working from the basket of a Haulotte battery-powered articulating lift. Employee #1 was below and beneath a cross beam and became caught between the beam and the control panel of the lift. Employee #1's head was pressed against the joystick of the lift, pushing it in the UP direction. Employee #1 suffered a fractured neck and partially severed cervical spine. Employee #1 was working as an ironworker during primary steel erection of a new building.

Keywords: HEAD, HYDRAULIC LIFT, STEEL BEAM, SPINE, PINNED, ELECTRONIC CONTROL, WELDING, CAUGHT BETWEEN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309459451			Fatality	Fracture	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Welding/Burning/Grindi Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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