OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346266
PLANT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
PLANT CITY, FL·
Event description
Employees injured in fall from basket of aerial lift
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were maneuvering the basket of a Simon, model K-80, hydrauli et to the ground. Both sustained multiple fractures and were hospitalized. Neith er employee was wearing a safety belt. c mobile aerial platform while ascending to do repair work on the outside of a b uilding at a chemical plant. The basket was attached to the boom by a steel shaf t called a boom pivot pin. The boom pivot pin was retained within a boom head as sembly by a steel washer and retaining clip. Apparently, during a prior day's us e, the boom head assembly was struck by or against something and the retaining c lip and washer on one end of the assembly were lost. This caused the pivot pin t o gradually work its way out of the head assembly. As the employees maneuvered t he basket, it tilted due to the dislodged pivot pin and the employees fell 30 fe
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 634
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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