Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 55768.015 - Employee is crushed between structural steel and aerial lift

Accident Summary Nr: 55768.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 12/12/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
952039.015	12/12/2013		238290	Tw Ferguson Corp

Abstract: At 4:45 p.m. on December 12, 2013, Employee #1 was moving a JLG aerial lift into position to install the pipe system on the wall of the fly ash room. While positioning the lift, the employee backed the basket under a structural steel beam and became pinned between the controls of the lift and the steel beam. Employee #1's chest was crushed and he was killed.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Caught Between, Chest, Crushed, Pinned, Pipe, Steel Beam

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	952039.015	49	M	Fatality		Millwrights	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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