Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 2026.015 - Employee In Aerial Lift Is Crushed Against Steel Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 2026.015 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 06/04/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
63203.015	06/07/2011		238320	Rainbow, Inc.

Abstract: At 10 a.m. on June 6, 2011, Employee #1 was sand blasting a horizontal steel member on a bridge from an aerial lift. The employee was manuevering an aerial lift from the elevated work platform under a horizontal steel member of the bridge which he was going to sand blast. The employee ducked in the aerial lift while manuevering the aerial lift under the horizontal steel member. The employee got his head caught between the aerial lift controls and the horizontal steel member. The employee's head was pushed against the controls and pinned between the controls of the aerial lift and the horizontal steel member. A fatal head injury occurred when he was pinned between the aerial lift controls and the horizontal steel member of the bridge.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Caught In

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Maintenance or repair					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	63203.015	28	M	Fatality		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause:

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