OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221653330

B.I. BROOKS & SONS, INC.

JUNCTION CITY, KS· 2024-04-22T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Construction, Construction vehicle, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Scissor lift
NAICS: 238990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347377830
Employer profile: B.I. BROOKS & SONS, INC.
Summary number: 221653330
Report ID: 0729700
Project type: A
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee dies from blunt trauma in fall from scissor lift

Investigation abstract

At 12:56 p.m. on April 22, 2024, an employee working for building contractor was waiting in a scissor lift for a steel beam to be hoisted. The employee fell from a scissor lift and struck the concrete floor below. The employee died from multiple blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 57 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
19

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