Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202544094 - Employee's Back Is Broke in Fall from Basket of Man Lift

Accident Summary Nr: 202544094 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/24/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314862731	07/24/2012	1721	238320	Art'S Painting & Cleaning Services Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on July 24, 2012, Employee #1, a painter was performing a sporadically assigned task of positioning the man lift to finish painting a building. The employee was positioning the man lift when he rolled over a utility cover. The man lift crushed the utility cover tipping the man lift over. Employee #1 was not wearing a harness and fell from the basket of the man lift. The employee suffered a fracture to his back in the fall. Employee #1 was transported to Huntington Memorial Hospital, where he was treated for a broke back and remains hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COVER, ROLL-OVER, BACK, CRUSHED, FALL, ELEVATOR, PAINTER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3	36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314862731			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painting and paint spraying machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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