OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14337208
MID-WEST UTILITY EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.
PANAMA CITY, FL·
Event description
FALL - AERIAL LIFT BOOM FAILURE
Investigation abstract
An employee of a utility equipment rental company was demonstrating an aerial li ft to an employee of a tree service company. Both employees were riding in the a erial lift bucket, which was 40 to 45 feet above the ground. A nut in the lower boom apparently backed out of the piston rod inside the hydraulic cylinder. The upper boom dropped and hit the rear deck of the aerial lift truck. Both employee s were thrown from the bucket. Neither of them was using personal fall protectio n equipment. The tree service employee died, and the other employee was hospital ized for his injuries.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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