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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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
902836.015	04/25/2013		238120	G & 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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