OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #821066
HEAD,GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM REAR OF UNGUARDED SCISSOR LIFT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FINISH SANDING DRY WALL, WORKING FROM A GROVE MODEL SM31RT MANLI FT. THE WORK PLATFORM WAS ELEVATED TO A HEIGHT OF 13 FEET, 3 INCHES ABOVE THE FL OOR. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL FROM THE REAR OF THE MANLIFT AND SUFFERED FATAL HEAD INJUR IES. THE LIFT'S REAR GUARDRAIL WAS NOT IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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