Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200203677 - Employee Is Killed When Skyjack Lift Falls Over
Accident: 200203677 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 06/25/2011 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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314642968 | 06/25/2011 | 1711 | Shumate Mechanical, Llc. | ||||
On June 25, 2011, Employee #1 and six coworkers were installing 8-ft by 20-ft spiral duct pipes. Employee #1 was working inside a skyjack scissor lift when the duct pipes collapsed from the ceiling, causing the scissor lift to turn over with Employee #1 inside. He fell 16 feet, striking his head on the concrete floor, killing him. | |||||||
Keywords:
duct, collapse, ceiling, struck against, construction, fall, falling object, aerial lift
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 2 | 30 | X | ||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 314642968 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt:16 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket) |