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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809392

FRACTURE,SKULL,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR,FALL,STRUCK BY,OVERTURN

Event
FRACTURE,SKULL,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR,FALL,STRUCK BY,OVERTURN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
809392
Report ID
453710

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN MAN LIFT OVERTURNS

Investigation abstract

An employee of Pee Wee's Electric Service Incorporated was working 11 ft above a concrete floor on a man lift. He was installing electrical conductor on an over head conveyor system, when the man lift was struck by a forklift. The man lift w as pushed into the conveyor rail, which caused the mobile man lift to topple ove r. The employee suffered a fractured skull and was killed in the ensuing fall.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 45 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    889
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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