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Edited by Rowena Davis of the The Hazard Information Foundation, Inc.Appendix C: Litigated Cases of Aerial Lift Hazards Appendix C, Section 1(a) COURT AND CASE NUMBER: 319th Judicial District, Nueces County, TX #84- 7397-G DATE COMPLAINT FILED: 1984 EQUIPMENT/FACILITY: Scissor lift HAZARD: Upset AVAILABLE HAZARD PREVENTION:
SUMMARY OF OCCURRENCE: An electrician broke his hip when a scissor lift that was extended 15 feet off the ground upset. The wheel of the lift fell into one of several 4 ft by 8 in holes. Outriggers were not extended. Appendix C, Section 1(b) COURT AND CASE NUMBER: 11th Judicial Circuit, Dade County FL #224243 DATE OF OCCURRENCE: January 22, 1989 DATE COMPLAINT FILED: January 1990 EQUIPMENT/FACILITY: Scissor lift HAZARD: Upset AVAILABLE HAZARD PREVENTION:
SUMMARY OF OCCURRENCE: A worker was brain damaged when the personnel lift he was on upset from the wind. Appendix C, Section 1(c) COURT AND CASE NUMBER: Superior Court, 3rd Judicial District, Anchorage, AK 3AN-91-2875 DATE OF OCCURRENCE: April 12, 1989 DATE COMPLAINT FILED: 1991 EQUIPMENT/FACILITY: Scissor lift HAZARD: Upset during transport AVAILABLE HAZARD PREVENTION:
SUMMARY OF OCCURRENCE: A worker’s leg was injured during the loading of a scissor lift onto a trailer used by the Anchorage school district. The trailer was on a slight incline and the ramp was not square. The worker was backing the scissor lift up onto the trailer and the lift tipped over onto his legs. Appendix C, Section 1(d) COURT AND CASE NUMBER: Unknown DATE OF OCCURRENCE: December 13, 1976 EQUIPMENT/FACILITY: Scissor lift HAZARD: Inadvertent activation of controls AVAILABLE HAZARD PREVENTION:
SUMMARY OF OCCURRENCE: The lift operator was crushed by lift actions caused by contamination of controls. The functionality of the control system was compromised by dust inherent to the plant in which he was working. Had the control and switching system been dust-proof the machine would have functioned as instructed.
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