Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 74265.015 - Employee Killed When Caught In Scissor Lift

Accident Summary Nr: 74265.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 02/26/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1043115.015	02/26/2015		541990	Creative Environmental Services Inc.

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on February 26, 2016, an employee was moving a scissor lift from one theater to another inside building, so that he could continue to perform demolition in the next room. The employee's head got wedged in between the top rail of the scissor lift and the top of a door frame. The employee was killed from asphyxia.

Keywords: asphyxiated, caught in, elevated work platform, riding on equipment

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1043115.015	24	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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