OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14384143
BROAD VOGT & CONANT INC.
AURORA, IL·
Event description
Employee dies on the job
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 climbed onto a scissor lift after getting parts at the tool crib. Th e employee then flopped into a sitting position on his tool bucket and rested hi s head into the corner of the guardrails, looking up. When Employee #1 sat down, he dropped the bolts from his left hand onto the floor. A coworker picked up th e bolts and threw them into Employee #1's lap. Employee #1 did not respond. Then Employee #1's partner raised the lift, thinking that Employee #1 was joking. Th e partner began working but did not see Employee #1 working. When the partner lo oked down, Employee #1's body was on the floor of the lift, sliding out the entr ance and falling approximately 28 feet. Employee #1 died.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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