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A worker engaged in post-9/11 cleanup near Ground Zero was on a 4-man/4-motor elevated work-platform when a motor malfunction and pitched him off the platform, resulting in his dangling from his safety harness over 100’ in mid-air. The defense argued that he could not have been injured from this event, but we were able to show through biomechanical simulation that although his safety harness saved him from a great fall, his body received severe trauma when he swung into a nearby wall.
A 6’4”, 260 lb worker claimed that he was injured during a fall from a 42” platform Baker scaffold as it fell over when he was descending it. Given the man’s size and weight, we showed that the scaffold should have been provided with better access for mounting and dismounting, fitted with outriggers or been tied down to prevent its tipping over. Despite defense objections regarding custom and practice issues, our analysis aided in securing the worker a handsome settlement for his severe injuries.
