Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 79454.015 - Employee Fall from Scissor Lift that Tipped Over and is Kill

Accident Summary Nr: 79454.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 09/08/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1090969.015	09/09/2015		238210	William T. Connelly Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on September 8, 2015, an employee was installing electrical conduit at the ceiling level to supply power to outdoor lighting. The employee was driving an electric powered scissor lift stocked with EMT conduit and electrical construction materials. The employee was operating the scissor lift near floor holes in the concrete left open for plumbing installation that was recently completed. The scissor lift was extended and it is likely that the vehicle was being repositioned when at least one of its wheels entered a floor hole causing the extended lift to tilt over and fall to one side. It appears that the employee stayed on the work platform for all or most of the time that the lift was falling to the ground and then struck his head against the concrete surface close to where the lift's platform struck the surface. The employee fractured skull and suffered other trauma to the upper body associated with the impact against a hard, cured, concrete surface and was killed.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Construction vehicle, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Unguarded Fl Opening

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1090969.015	54	M	Fatality		Electricians	Distance of Fall: 29 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 29 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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