Lower Merion OSHA aerial lift probes

Lower Merion, March 3, 2010 – Industrial accident held Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under investigation after an aerial lift fell and injured a construction worker in the job site.

According to OSHA spokeswoman Leni Fortson…

“Investigators yesterday morning were at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, site of the 3:44 p.m. Monday accident. It occurred at Montgomery Avenue and School House Lane, where a new $100 million high school is under construction,” Fortson said to Philadelphia Inquirer.

McGrath as Mark Rieser, 50, the injured worker was accidentally pinned underneath when the lift toppled after it was being moved Monday in the area of the swimming pool.

Rieser was at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and in good condition yesterday.

The OSHA investigation would focus on what caused the accident, under OSHA policy, whether the job site conditions violated the federal health and safety act of 1970.

OSHA was been alerted to the industrial accident Monday by Lower Merion police.

Classes are held Lower Merion High old building and on the campus while it is being renovated.