OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14236798
ARCADE INSULATION
RENO, NV·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN SCISSOR LIFT FELL OVER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A CONSTRUCTION WORKER, EXTENDED THE SCISSOR LIFT HE WAS WORKING FRO M TO ITS MAXIMUM HEIGHT SO THAT HE COULD INSTALL INSULATION ON THE OUTSIDE OF TH E BUILDING HE WAS WORKING ON. THE LIFT FELL OVER, WITH EMPLOYEE #1 RIDING IT TO THE GROUND. HE WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY INJURED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 593
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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