A Welder Dies When the Scissor Lift He was Operating Tips Over

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• Personal Author:
  Cierpich, Hank ; Harrison, Robert ; Styles, Laura
• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch
• Description:
  A 48-year-old welder died when the scissor lift he was operating tipped over and catapulted him out of the work platform against a concrete wall. The scissor lift was extended approximately 12 feet in height and tipped into an adjacent pit when moved by the victim in this elevated position. The only barrier between the scissor lift and the pit was an orange cone. The CA/FACE investigator determined that in order to prevent future incidents, employers using aerial lifts on construction work sites should ensure that: 1.) Employees perform a thorough hazard assessment and implement effective controls prior to using aerial lifts. 2.) Employees not maneuver scissor lifts forward or backwards while in the raised position. In addition, manufacturers should install safety interlocks that prohibit scissor lift travel while the platform is raised.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Welding Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 9 Safety-education Safety-engineering Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Welders Work-areas Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Hispanic - Construction ; Machine (All) ; Machine - General ; Foreign Born Workers ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE09CA008
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037781
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2011-101382
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 09CA008, 2010 May ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:da905f52f0b7be3c99cc62a5c2cd09f1c16f5e57fbad560baf98bce1a05116b0a8a523b98dec28b89d415a5eb4b96424c142a766b1ac4f4fd02a61ffb58308c8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165277/cdc_165277_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 270.75 KB ]