OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194450
BALTIMORE MOBILE POWER WASH, INC.
ELLICOTT CITY, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL PERSONNEL LIFT PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
AT 10:15 AM ON APRIL 9, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A STEAM CLEANER/FOREMAN FOR BALTIMORE MOBILE POWER WASH, INC., POSITIONED ON THE WORK PLATFORM OF A "GENIE" PERSONNEL LIFT, MODEL PLC-24, 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. HE WAS STEAM CLEANING THE WALL OF A BUILDING. THE LIFT IS EQUIPPED WITH 58 INCH LONG OUTRIGGERS WHICH ARE INSTALL ED AT THE BASE OF LIFT. EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THOUGHT THAT THE USE OF ONLY ONE OUTRIGGER WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO STABILIZE THE WORK PLATFORM. THE LIFT FELL OVER WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON THE PLATFORM. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 777
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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