OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391007

BRIDGE COLUMN,HEAD,AERIAL LIFT,OUTRIGGER,COLLAPSE,STRUCK AGAINST

1987-02-11T00:00:00

Event: BRIDGE COLUMN,HEAD,AERIAL LIFT,OUTRIGGER,COLLAPSE,STRUCK AGAINST
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14391007
Report ID: 625700

Event description

Employee killed when aerial lift collapses

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was riding in a personnel carrier attached to an aerial boom that wa s extended 85 ft. He was at a height of 50 ft inspecting structural members of a n elevated section of Interstate 20 when apparently the outriggers suddenly shif ted. This caused the platform to tilt and caused the extended boom and carrier t o arc toward a bridge support column. Employee #1's head struck against the colu mn, and he was killed.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
6

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1
#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

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