Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 84023.015 - Employee is killed in scissor lift accident

Accident Summary Nr: 84023.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 03/24/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1135096.015	03/25/2016		236220	W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on March 24, 2016, an employee was welding an overhead structure from a scissor lift platform, at the height of approximately 18 feet. When the employee moved the platform, his head became caught between the scissor lift railing and the structure. The employee was killed when his head and face were crushed.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Caught Between, Crushed, Elevated Work Platform, Face, Head

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		18	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1135096.015	24	M	Fatality		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Welding/Bu Fatality Cause:

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