Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94943.015 - Employee using trash box as lift basket falls and is injured

Accident Summary Nr: 94943.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/13/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1227041.015	04/19/2017		238210	Je Grant General Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on April 13, 2017, Employee #1, a supervisor, and Coworker #1, a forklift operator, employed by a construction company, were working at a commercial building construction site. The employer was acting as a general contractor at the site. Employee #1 attempted to secure temporary power lines on a power pole to keep them away from a scaffold about to be erected. He planned to use protective plastic sheeting to cover the power lines. Employee #1 and Coworker #1 placed a trash box on the forks of the forklift, JCB-509-42, ROPS & FOPS, CB WA Part # 332/F1445, CAB WA S.N. 1055, Equipment # 10068069, Rated Capacity-9000 lbs. Employee #1 climbed into the trash box with the plastic sheeting, intending to use the box as a lift basket. Coworker #1, operating the forklift, raised the box. As Employee #1 moved to pick up the plastic sheeting, the box tilted, and Employee #1 fell from the box, a fall height of approximately 12 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for multiple rib and skull fractures and punctured lungs.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Lung, Power Lines, Rib, Skull, Work Rules

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1227041.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors, general office	Distance of Fall: 12 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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