Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 91905.015 - Employee falls from truss and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 91905.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 12/29/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1200160.015	12/30/2016		238210	Sorlien Electric, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on December 29, 2016, an employee was running metal clad (MC) wiring the length of the pole barn. During this process, the employee exited the scissor-lift vertically, reaching the truss work of the pole barn, and then proceeded outside the footprint of the scissor lift, walking along 2x4s horizontally until he was a total of 16 feet away from the scissor lift's footprint. When the employee was walking out along the 2x4s, one of them snapped and gave way. The employee fell approximately 21 feet to the dirt floor and was killed.

Keywords: Fall, Truss

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1200160.015	57	M	Fatality

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