Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118734.015 - Employee is struck and killed when material handler tips ove

Accident Summary Nr: 118734.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 08/03/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1421452.015	08/05/2019		532299	Marquee Event Group, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on August 3, 2019, Employee #1, a forty-year-old male employee, was working for a firm that rented equipment for events. He was working as a construction helper on a crew that was erecting a large tent for an outdoor event. He was operating a powered industrial vehicle to pull a tent cover over a tent frame. The equipment he was operating was a GEHL RS6-34 telescopic material handler. As he pulled the cover, the material handler began to tip. The employee jumped from the cab and began to run. The material handler continued to tip, and its boom struck the employee. He sustained multiple internal injuries, a fractured right arm, and a fractured left leg. He was killed.

Keywords: Boom, Construction, Fracture, Ind Trk Operator, Industrial Truck, Leg, Roll-Over, Struck By, Torso

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1421452.015	40	M	Fatality		Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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