Coronial

5 results for elevated working platform operation

QLD2006-12-21

Grimley, Scott Robert

29y · Male·electrocution

…ley, 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 rele…

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QLD2018-02-16

Cheney, Danny George

Male·Electrocution from electrical induction shock while installing spacers on high-v…

…and 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 devi…

occupational and environmental healthdiagnosticprocedural
VIC2015-04-15

Finding into death of Gary Brian Wilfert

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…

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VIC2022-03-24

Finding into death of Ivica Andrijasevic

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 …

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SA2018-11-01

Coroner's Finding: CASTILLO-RIFFO Jorge Alberto

54y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from neck compression due to entrapme…

…ld construction worker, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from neck compression. While working on a scissor lift to patch post-tensioning pockets on a concrete slab edge at the new Royal Adelaide Hosp…

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