Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 970962 - Employee injured when elevated work platform overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 970962 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 03/05/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105612816	03/05/1990	1731	0	Robertson Electric Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was moving an Economy Cab XT self-propelled elevated work platform when a wheel ran into a 5-ft by 7-ft by 6-in.-deep hole in the concrete. The machine became unbalanced and tipped over. The employee rode the work platform down from a height of about 12 ft, striking his back on the handrail and his head on a 2-in. by 12-in. plank that lay on the floor. He was hospitalized with a cracked vertebrae, a bruised kidney, and a concussion.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, CONCUSSION, KIDNEY, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, VERTEBRA, CONTUSION, INATTENTION, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105612816			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electricians' apprentices

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