OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515258
PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,PAINTER,AERIAL LIFT
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
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#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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