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Accident Summary Nr: 607333 - 2 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS INJURED WHEN SCISSOR LIFT OVERTURNED

Accident Summary Nr: 607333 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 03/18/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17765280	03/18/1988	1721	0	Goodman Decorating Co., Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE WORKING FROM A 25 FOOT MARKLIFT PAINTING COLUMNS AT CEILING LEVEL. THERE WERE SEVERAL UNCOVERED COLUMN HOLES (36 INCHES LONG, 36 INCHES WIDE AND 7 INCHES DEEP) IN THE FLOOR. THE LIFT WAS FULLY EXTENDED WHEN SUDDENLY ONE OF THE LIFT WHEELS ROLLED INTO A COLUMN HOLE. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE THROWN TO THE FLOOR WHEN THE LIFT TOPPLED OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED FRACTURES OF BOTH LEGS BELOW THE KNEE AND A FRACTURED ANKLE. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED A FRACTURED LEFT ANKLE.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, FLOOR OPENING, PAINTER, AERIAL LIFT, ANKLE, INATTENTION, LEG, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17765280			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	17765280			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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