OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14304844
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STEEP GRADE,CRUSHED,PELVIS,FALL,ELBOW,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
Employees injured in fall from lift
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were in a scissor lift, water/sandblasting a building surfac e for painting. They were almost finished sandblasting one side of the building when the scissor lift tumbled over. The lift was being used on asphalt pavement that had a six degree incline. The combination of working on an incline, which i s prohibited, the back pressure of the water/sandblaster, and the extended heigh t of the scissor lift is believed to have caused the lift to overturn. Employees #1 and #2 were thrown from the lift to the asphalt pavement. They were taken to Providence Hospital, where Employee #1 was treated for a crushed elbow and pelv is and Employee #2 was treated for a crushed heel.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 7
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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