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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346159

WINDOW WASHER,HEAD,HYDRAULIC LIFT,OUTRIGGER,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,FALL,UNTRAINED,AERIAL LIFT,OVERTURN

Event
WINDOW WASHER,HEAD,HYDRAULIC LIFT,OUTRIGGER,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,FALL,UNTRAINED,AERIAL LIFT,OVERTURN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14346159
Report ID
420600

Event description

16-year-old killed in fall from overturned hydraulic lift

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, age 16, and a coworker were using a Genie hydraulic lift, model PLE -36, to access the upper elevations of a four-story building on which they had b een assigned to wash windows. They set up the lift without installing the outrig gers, which the manufacturer requires for all lifts. Employee #1 got in the bask et of the lift and was elevated to approximately 36 feet above the ground. While he was cleaning the windows, the lift tipped sideways and fell over, causing hi m to fall to the asphalt parking lot. He landed on his head and died of head inj uries. Failure to use the outriggers and inadequate training in the proper use o f the personnel lift caused the fatality.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 16 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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