OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221600323

WA317975979 - HERNANDEZ FRAMING LLC

BREMERTON, WA— 2023-09-11T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Framing, H-Beam, Head, Residential Construction, Scissor lift, Steel Beam, Struck Against, Training, Wood, Wood Erection
NAICS: 236115
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #346980725
Employer profile: WA317975979 - HERNANDEZ FRAMING LLC
Summary number: 221600323
Report ID: 1055330

Event description

Employee dies from head injuries in fall from scissor lift

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on September 11, 2023, an employee working for a framing contractor was performing framing on a residential building. The crew was using two scissor lifts in tandem to elevate and insert an approximately 300-pound to 350-pound wooden beam into the side of a steel I-beam. The employee stepped up approximately 2 feet onto the outside of one scissor lift to adjust the wooden beam, which was centered on the railing of the scissor lifts. The employee died after he fell off the scissor lift and struck the wooden beam with his head before impacting the ground.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 41 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
999

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