Accident Report Detail
Accident: 20355.015 - Employee Is Asphyxiated Between The Aerial Lift And The Ceil
Accident: 20355.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 06/28/2012 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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491100.015 | 06/28/2012 | R & B Mechanical Inc. | |||||
At approximately 8:15 a.m. on June 28, 2012, an employee was operating and worki ng from an aerial lift to install pipe hangers. The preliminary reports indicate d that the employee was asphyxiated between the aerial lift and the ceiling of t he facility. According to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office, the em ployee died of asphyxiation due to compression of the neck. | |||||||
Keywords:
aerial lift, asphyxiated, caught between, neck
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Manufacturing plant | Alteration or rehabilitation | 1 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 491100.015 | 52 | M | Fatality | Mechanical controls and valve repairers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: |