OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606939
PLATFORM,GUARDRAIL,OUTRIGGER,WORK RULES,FALL,UNTRAINED,AERIAL LIFT,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN SCISSORS LIFT FELL OVER
Investigation abstract
AT 1 AM ON AUGUST 19, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A NORDCO HI-LIFT, MODEL 5008-4 2. HE WAS 25 FEET ABOVE THE HANGER FLOOR. HIS JOB WAS TO WORK ON A 727 HORIZONTA L STABILIZER. THE HI-LIFT OUTRIGGERS EITHER RETRACTED OR WERE NOT COMPLETELY DOW N WHEN THE PLATFORM WAS RAISED. THE HI-LIFT TILTED TO THE LEFT. THE EMPLOYEE ATT EMPTED TO LOWER THE PLATFORM BUT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE LIFT FELL OVER, TOSSING EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE FLOOR. HE DIED OF SEVERE HEAD INJURIES. THE COMPANY DID NOT HAVE A VIABLE SAFETY PROGRAM. THERE WAS NO ADEQUATE TRAINING PROGRAM. THERE WERE NO GUARDRAILS ON THE PLATFORM. OPERATING CONTROLS AND INSTRUCTIONS WERE NOT CLE ARLY MARKED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 14
- Task assigned
- 1
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