Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125773.015 - Employee is killed when pinned between aerial lift and joist

Accident Summary Nr: 125773.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 04/29/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1473682.015	04/30/2020		238210	Verigent, Llc

Abstract: At 1:10 p.m. on April 29, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a staffing agency, was installing data cable at a multiemployer construction project, a single-story commercial building. He was operating a JLG 450AJ aerial lift and working from the elevated basket. As he moved the lift in reverse, approximately 40 feet above the ground, he struck a perpendicular steel joist. Employee #1's neck was pinned between the basket's guardrail and the joist, and he was asphyxiated.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Asphyxiated, Caught Between, Construction, Crushed, Equipment Operator, Guardrail, Installing, Joist, Neck, Pinned, Struck Against

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1473682.015	30	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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