OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14340228
BOOM,DISLOCATED,FALL,AERIAL LIFT CONTROLS,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
FALL FROM AERIAL LIFT TRUCK
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 12, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM, TWO EMPLOYEES ON AN AERIAL LIFT WERE ATTEMPING TO INSTALL A NEW FACE ON A QUINCY SIGN. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE BUCKET OF THE AERIAL LIFT. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS ON THE AERIAL LIFT LADDER. THE CONTROLS IN THE AERIAL LIFT BUCKET (1980 GMC, #T16DAAV610485) WERE NOT OPERATIONAL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING THE CONTROLS IN THE BASKET AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE OTHER EMP LOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CONTROLS AT THE BASE OF THE BOOM. THE BOOM RETRACTED, TH ROWING EMPLOYEE #1 TWENTY TO FORTY FEET TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED MASS IVE INTERNAL INJURIES. EMPLOYEE #2 LOST HIS GRIP, BUT DID NOT FALL, AS HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN THE LADDER. HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS INJURED AND HIS RIGHT ANKLE DISLOCATED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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