Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121551.015 - Employee is killed in fall from aerial lift

Accident Summary Nr: 121551.015 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 11/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1443949.015	11/12/2019		238190	Del Metro, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 a.m. on October 12, 2019, Employee #1 was handing material to installers, putting up exterior sheathing, while he was working a Genie Z/60, aerial lift. After losing his balance, Employee #1 then fell 18 feet, from an upper parking garage level, to the concrete sidewalk (below) and suffered blunt impact injuries to the head and torso with skeletal fractures and was killed.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Aerial Lift Controls, Blunt force, Concrete, Construction, Fall, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Lost Balance, Material Handling, Torso, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			10	100	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1443949.015	52	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 18 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause:

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