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Accident Summary Nr: 45606.015 - Employee, caught between boom lift and red iron vertical bea

Accident Summary Nr: 45606.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 04/22/2013
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
902836.01504/25/2013238120G & H Steel Erectors

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on April 22, 2013, an employee was positioning an aerial basket between horizontal awning steel tubes, in order to conduct finish seam welding The employee got caught between the aerial basket and the control panel near his chest area, with the steel beam against his back, resulting in oxygen deficiency. The employee sustained oxygen deficiency to the brain for over five minutes, resulting in asphyxiation.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Aerial Lift Controls, Asphyxiated, Brain, Chest, Oxygen, Oxygen Deficiency, Steel Erection
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Commercial building New project or new addition $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 1 23 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 902836.015 33 M Fatality Structural metal workers Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Welding/Burning/Grindi
Fatality Cause:

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