OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221371271
OCV CONSTRUCTION, LLC
OCEAN CITY, MD·
Event description
Employee's head is crushed by scissor lift in doorway
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:33 p.m. on May 16, 2021, an employee was riding on the rear brain which required hospitalization. of a scissor lift that was operated by a coworker as the scissor lift was being transported through a personnel door. A Genie scissor lift model GS-1930 was being driven through a personnel door that measured 82 1/8 inches tall with an employee operating the scissor lift and an employee riding on the rear of the scissor lift. The employee's head was crushed between the top rail of the scissor lift that measured 78 3/8 inches high from the concrete floor and the top of the door jam that measured 82 1/8 inches from the floor. The employee sustained a broken mandible, two broken eye sockets, and had swelling of the
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 F
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 869
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