Steel Erector Falls From Scissors Lift

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• 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:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Scaffolds Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• 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
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• 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
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c314f2b2c3f3a07140f582e7f0b01b08e4b742911e851e72114a1e165d3d77fc50b0116e864b22832e099fd7cd4f9773d9498e0a645713fcc361548b58a99d10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166980/cdc_166980_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 112.54 KB ]