Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201942083 - Employee's Arm Is Broken When Lift Overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 201942083 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 09/08/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309454684	11/09/2005	1711	238220	Commercial Plumbing Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was instructed to operate a Sky Jack SJB-66 TK boom lift to install fire sprinkler pipes. He was repositioning the elevated platform when its rear wheels slid down the loose lava rock slope. The boom lift tipped over. Employee #1 was belted to the platform and therefore stayed with the platform when as it came to rest on a golf cart path. Employee # 1 was hospitalized for treatment of multiple fractures of his arm.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, FRACTURE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, PLUMBING, ARM, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	3	37

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309454684			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 37 feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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