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Accident: 201116167 - Employee Suffers Fracture When Scissor Lift Tips Over
Accident: 201116167 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 06/21/2003 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 120317565 | 08/26/2003 | 1711 | R & R Fire Protection | ||||
| At approximately 11:00 a.m. on June 21, 2003, Employee #1 was putting 20-ft long, 3-in.-diameter steel sprinkler pipes on 30-ft high rafters by using a rented GROVE DUA 73, SM 3269 scissor lift. Coworkers were operating other scissor lifts and heard Employee #1 scream. They turned around and saw Employee #1 approximately 30 ft high, operating the scissors lift. The scissor lift started tilting and tipped over, and the platform hit the ground. When the platform hit the ground, Employee #1 was ejected from the platform. This accident was caused by a missing or broken cotter pin, to hold the nut and the wheel in place, which caused the whole left front wheel to come off. Employee #1 suffered a fractured left ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
wheel, fracture, steel tube, cotter pin, equipment failure, fall, aerial lift, ankle, overturn
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Commercial building | Other | Under $50,000 | 1 | 30 | |||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 120317565 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt:30 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket) |
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