Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 827675 - Employee killed in fall from unstable scissor lift

Accident Summary Nr: 827675 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 04/22/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104250782	04/23/1990	1721	0	Five Seasons Paint And Drywall, Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1 was assigned to operate and work from a mechanical scissor lift. He was not familiar with its operation or safety precautions. He elevated himself to approximately 18 ft above the adjacent concrete level without extending the lift's outrigger. Employee #1 was making and painting stripes along the exterior wall of a building when one wheel of the lift went into a 15 in. square floor opening filled with styrofoam. The wheel crushed the styrofoam, causing the scissor lift to fall or tip over. Employee #1 fell, striking his head against the concrete floor. He was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, OUTRIGGER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INEXPERIENCE, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, UNTRAINED, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104250782			Fatality	Concussion	Painters, construction and maintenance

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