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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221412380

WA317965771 - PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING INC

Event
Cover, Ejected, Fall, Floor Hole, Installing, Overturn, Plywood, Scissor lift
NAICS
238310
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345617435
Employer profile
WA317965771 - PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING INC
Summary number
221412380
Report ID
1055320

Event description

Employee is ejected, falls, and is killed when scissor lift

Investigation abstract

At 1:45 p.m. on September 20, 2021, an employee worked from a scissor lift to install fire proofing material. The employee attempted to move the scissor lift to a new location and ran over an unmarked hole in the ground covered by three-quarter inch plywood. The scissor lift wheel broke through the plywood and the lift then tipped over. The employee was ejected, fell approximately twenty-seven feet, and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 31 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    999

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