Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 3956.015 - Employee caught between aerial lift and pipe is asphyxiated

Accident Summary Nr: 3956.015 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 11/01/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108847.015	11/02/2011		238210	Electric Construction Company

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on November 1, 2011, an employee was in the process of running a CAT 5 communication line through the wall near the ceiling. The employee was operating an aerial lift to retrieve the line and was attempting to maneuver the basket of the lift between a structural roof member and a compressed air pipe. The employee had his head positioned over the protection rail located just over and behind the aerial lift controls when his head was caught between the protection rail on the lift and the compressed air pipe. His head was bent downward and his neck was pinned between the rail of the aerial lift and a compressed air pipe running parallel to the rail and he was asphyxiated.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Asphyxiated

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	108847.015	58	M	Fatality		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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