Inspection Detail

Inspection: 105612816 - Robertson Electric Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Utah Division Of Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 105612816

Report ID: 0854910

Date Opened: 03/05/1990

Site Address:
Robertson Electric Inc
1660 West 2150 North
Ogden, UT 84404

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 549, Ogden, UT 84402

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1731

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 03/08/1990

Planning Guide: Health-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/02/1990

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 970962

Event: 03/05/1990

Employee injured when elevated work platform overturns

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

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

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