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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515258

PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,PAINTER,AERIAL LIFT

Event
PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,PAINTER,AERIAL LIFT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14515258
Report ID
524700

Event description

Employee killed when pinned between lift basket and joist

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working from the basket of a JLB aerial lift, painting the ceili ng of a newly constructed warehouse. He was found dead in the basket, pinned bet ween the basket's guardrail and a bar joist. Employee #1 was opposite the contro ls of the basket when he was found. The lift was checked and found to have been operating properly.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 56 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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