OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #735795
SOUTH STATE CONTRACTORS, INC
LEXINGTON, KY·
Event description
Employees injured when work platform falls
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were on an elevated work platform attached to the forks of a forklift and were attaching metal siding onto the side of a building. The fork on the left side detached from the frame, causing the work platform to fall on o ne side. Employees #1 and #2 fell over the top of the work platform to the groun d. Employee #1 was seriously injured and hospitalized. Employee #2 suffered only minor injuries.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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