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Accident: 43925.015 - Employee, Caught-Between Aerial Lift And Overhead Beam, Is K
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 902788.015 | 04/24/2013 | Harold G. Butzer, Inc. |
At 2:55 p.m. on April 23, 2013, an employee was at the platform control panel of an extensible boom lift, in order to position the lift platform underneath a to wer superstructure for grain loading and tighten bolts with an electric hand dri ll. The employee was found unconscious at the platform control panel, with his b ack against an overhead beam of the tower superstructure and his chest against t he lift platform railing, with his upper body leaning over the platform railing at the control panel. The overhead beam was about 17 feet above the ground. Th e employee did not have a hard hat on or a fall protection harness and lanyard. The employee sustained multiple blunt force trauma injuries from the extensibl e boom lift (aerial lift) and overhead beam of the tower.
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower, tank, storage elevator | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 88 | X | |||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 902788.015 | 57 | M | Fatality | Sheet metal worker apprentices | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work FatCause: |