An apprentice plumber died after being pinned between a ceiling water pipe and the rail of a personnel platform. It appeared that he was using a straddle lift truck to raise himself to the leaking pipe. Apparently while leaning over the platform rail to manipulate the lift's control lever with a 10-foot (three meter) pole, he became pinned between the rising rail and the pipe. About 30 minutes later, a co-worker found him and rushed to lower the lift platform. When pressure on him was released, the victim slid out of the platform and fell about eight feet (2.43 meters) […]
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