Accident: 100071018 - Two Injured In Fall When Forklift Overturns

At approximately 5:00 p.m. on July 10, 2000, Employees #1 and #2 were working from a personnel basket attached to the forks of a forklift while they were disassembling a homemade air-cylinder hoist. The top and mid-rails on both ends of the basket had been removed to accommodate the length of the hoist on the platform. The forklift operator then raised the basket under the hoist to support the weight of the hoist on the toeboards of the basket. Employees #1 and #2 removed the wheels along which the hoist moved on the monorail and, once it was loose, they removed the chains holding the hoist to the monorail. As the forklift operator began lowering the forks with the hoist, the personnel basket, and the employees, the hoist shifted to one side and caught on the toeboard of the basket. The weight of the shifting hoist caused the forklift to tip over. When the forklift started to tip, Employee #2 jumped out of the basket and grabbed the monorail above. He then fell 21 ft to the ground. Employee #1 rode the basket down, jumping out at the last minute and landing in the bottom of a 6 ft deep pit. The forklift operator had not known that the forklift was tipping over but had jumped out of the operator's seat when the controls of the hoist swung him. Employee #2 was taken to a local hospital and released the next afternoon. Employee #1 was flown by helicopter to Baptist Medical Center. He was released 10 days later.

personnel cage, industrial truck, hoist, overturn, fall, mech mat handling, dismantling, load shift, unsecured, work rules

Accident: 170272033 - Killed In Fall From Deck During Demolition

Employee #1 and a coworker were freeing welds to dismantle metal decking on steel beams that were part of a mezzanine in an office building that was being demolished. The electrical wiring and sprinkler pipes had already been removed. There were a total of seven metal beams, with a span of approximately 5 ft between each one, and each section of steel deck was approximately 30 ft long by 2 ft wide, with interlocking ends. To break the welds, Employee #1 and the coworker popped up a sheetrock cart secured with a C-clamp to the forks of a forklift. Once a section had been freed, the two men cut the section into three 10 ft long pieces, each weighing about 138 lb. Employee #1 had just cut one such section when for some reason he stepped onto the end of an unsecured piece. Both he and the metal piece fell 11 ft onto the concrete floor. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he died a short time later.

demolition, construction, fall, dismantling, unsecured, steel erection, walking on beam, work rules

Accident: 100965540 - Injured In Fall When Concrete Stairway Collapses

Employee #1 was removing elevated sections of a concrete stairway when it collapsed. He rode on top of one of the sections of concrete to the lower level. Employee #1 sustained minor injuries that did not require hospitalization.

construction, stair, collapse, fall, dismantling, unsecured

Accident: 170053516 - Two Injured In Fall When Work Platform Tips

Employees #1 and #2 were dismantling an MSM 1000 mast-climbing work platform. When the top anchors were removed, the platform tipped from its base and Employees #1 and #2 fell off, suffering serious injuries. Neither worker had been trained in the disassembly of the MSM 1000.

elevated work plat, dismantling, untrained, construction, fall, unsecured, work platform, fall protection, work rules

Accident: 17456682 - Killed When Crushed By Overhead Load

Employee #1 was dismantling the boom of a truck-mounted crane when he was struck by a overhead load. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.

construction, crushed, struck by, work rules, crane boom, dismantling, truck crane, crane load

Accident: 126065168 - Burned By Hot Water Release

At approximately 8:30 p.m. on November 19, 1998, Employee #1, a maintenance supervisor for Dreyers Grand Ice Cream Company, was dismantling a high-temperature fault on the CIP system in pasteurizing line #1. He removed the cover without using an air blow valve to check the system. The temperature and pressure of the water increased and the hot water overflowed, striking Employee #1. He suffered second-degree burns on his arms, chest, and neck, and was taken to the USC burn unit. He was subsequently transferred to the Irvine Medical Center , where he was hospitalized for six days and then treated as an outpatient.

hot water, burn, neck, chest, maintenance, dismantling, high pressure, high temperature, pressure vessel