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Accident: 201041951 - Employees Are Injured In Collapse Of Elevated Lift
Accident: 201041951 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 08/19/2004 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 307590612 | 08/19/2004 | 1751 | Tradewinds Construction | ||||
| On August 19, 2004, Employees #1 and #2 were working from an elevated scissor lift, model Gs-4390 Rt. While occupying the platform of the lift, the lift collapsed, causing them to fall. They fell 25 ft to the ground floor level. Employee #1 was killed in the fall. As for Employee #2, he received injuries in the fall that required hospitalization. | |||||||
Keywords:
hydraulic lift, collapse, fall, fall protection, elevated work plat
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Commercial building | New project or new addition | $500,000 to $1,000,000 | 1 | 35 | X | ||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 307590612 | Fatality | Fracture | Carpenters | FallDist: FallHt:25 Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors FatCause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket) |
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| 2 | 307590612 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Machine operators, not specified | FallDist: FallHt:25 Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors FatCause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket) |
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