9 results for “elevated work platform operation”
29y · Male·electrocution
…imley, a 29-year-old qualified electrical fitter/mechanic, died from electrocution on 21 January 1998 while working on overhead power lines from an elevated work platform. The coroner found that although Grimley held rel…
46y · Male·MULTIPLE INJURIES SUSTAINED IN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
Gregory Price, a 46-year-old foreman-carpenter, died when an elevated work platform (EWP/scissor lift) he was operating tipped over during panel installation. A rope had been …
35y · Male·HEAD INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
…et, Melbourne. He had been assigned to clean interior glass panels at the base of a curtain wall using an elevated work platform (EWP), a task added mid-project without formal risk assessment. The coroner found he remove…
52y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage due to mechanical asphyxia and neck compression f…
… diesel fitter, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain damage caused by crush injuries when trapped between an elevated work platform (EWP) basket and overhead structural beam on 3 August 2009. The EWP hired from Instant Scaf…
Male·Electrocution from electrical induction shock while installing spacers on high-v…
…lland Group, died from electrocution while installing spacers on high-voltage transmission line conductors. Working from a conductor cart suspended beneath un-commissioned but inductively-energised conductors, Cheney dev…
54y · Male·Multiple injuries due to crane rollover (bucket passenger); fall from height exc…
A professional photographer aged 54 died when an elevated work platform (EWP) with a 70-metre boom collapsed at 50 metres height after a rear outrigger sank into u…
54y · Male·neck compression
…vic, a 54-year-old boilermaker, died from neck compression after being crushed by a malfunctioning Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP) at a construction site. The MEWP's jib switch was defective and failed to return to …
40y · Male·Complications following fracture of the pelvis
…r found the death arose by accident and emphasised that the fatal outcome resulted from a seemingly routine workplace task, highlighting the need for continuous hazard assessment and compliance with existing safety stand…
54y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from neck compression due to entrapme…
Jorge Castillo-Riffo, a 54-year-old construction worker, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from neck compression. While working on a scissor l…
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