Steel Erector Falls From Scissors Lift

Details

• Personal Author:
  Davis, Arthur W. ; Hetzler, William E. ; Hirsh, Gary L.
• Corporate Authors:
  Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE) ; Nebraska. Department of Labor ; Nebraska Workforce Development
• Description:
  A 61 year old steel erector was killed when he fell approximately 25 feet from a scissors lift. The victim was installing bolts on overhead beams at a new warehouse construction site. For unknown reasons, the lift left level ground and rolled into a twelve inch deep ditch, causing it to topple over forwards, ejecting the victim. He was airlifted to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Nebraska Department of Labor Investigator concluded that to prevent future similar occurrences: 1. Employees should obey all written safety requirements of the piece of equipment they are operating. 2. Employers should verify successful training on the particular type of equipment the employees will be utilizing. 3. Employers should provide suitable equipment to safely perform the assigned tasks.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  • Staff Development
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 7
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Work-operations
  • Work-analysis
  • Work-areas
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Construction ; Falls - Construction - Commercial
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00NE050
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027927
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2010-114190
• 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 00NE050, 2001 Apr ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  Nebraska Department of Labor
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Resource Number:
  FACE-00NE050
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166980/cdc_166980_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 112.54 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c314f2b2c3f3a07140f582e7f0b01b08e4b742911e851e72114a1e165d3d77fc50b0116e864b22832e099fd7cd4f9773d9498e0a645713fcc361548b58a99d10