Accident Report Detail
Accident: 108613.015 - Employee Incurs Multiple Injuries When Crushed Between Sciss
Accident: 108613.015 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 08/24/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1341926.015 | 08/28/2018 | Pennsylvania Steel Erectors | |||||
At 11:50 a.m. on August 24, 2018, Employee #1 was welding lintels in the ceiling, while standing in a scissor lift, with the platform extended into the path of personnel hoist. The Scissor lift Platform was inadvertently, struck from (below) by a moving personnel hoist car and as a result, Employee #1 was then crushed between the (upper) scissor's lift guardrail and the ceiling. Employee #1 then sustained a broken arm and wrist, collapsed lung, blood clot in his lungs, and kidney damage. Afterwards, he was transported to the hospital and released after approximately two days. | |||||||
Keywords:
platform, arm, blood clot, lung, kidney, personnel cage, guardrail, hoist, crushed, ceiling, scissor lift, collapsed lung, struck by, stand-up operator, wrist, welding
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | 52 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1341926.015 | 38 | M | Hospitalized injury | Other | Welders and cutters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons |