OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548259
AURORA ELECTRIC INC
ANCH, AK—
Event description
Construction Employee Crushed Against Trusses by Sky Climber
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on a small electric Sky Climber lift 7 feet above ground level and directly beneath some roof trusses. The employee was installing elect ric wiring. As he bent over the control panel, his stomach hit the up switch, ca using the lift to rise. This movement pinned him between the lift and the roof t russes. He was immobilized and unable to communicate due to the pressure. Employ ee #1 was crushed to death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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