Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202361556 - Employee injured in fall when scissor lift tilts in hole

Accident Summary Nr: 202361556 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 08/29/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309658672	08/29/2006	1731	238210	Enterprise Electric Co.

Abstract: On August 29, 2009, Employee #1, an electrician, was installing metal-clad cable in the ceiling of a ballroom at a Hilton Hotel under construction. He was working from the approximately 8 ft by 2 ft work platform of an upright scissor lift, model #61800, serial #3591. Employee #1 inadvertently drove the lift into a 9 in. by 11 in. by 4 in. deep floor hole and fell about 14 ft to the floor. This hole had previously been covered, although other holes remained uncovered. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of a head laceration, a fractured right femur, and cracked vertebrae.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FLOOR HOLE, WORK RULES, ELECTRICIAN, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, AERIAL LIFT, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	11	120

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309658672			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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