OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14354666
OUTRIGGER,BOOM,COLLAPSE,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN AERIAL LIFT TIPS OVER
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a trailer aerial lift to send wood trim 28 ft above ground level. The rear outrigger collapsed tipping the trailer upward, and the 34 ft b oom with Employee #1 in the bucket struck the pavement, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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