OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444806
GUARDRAIL,HYDRAULIC CYLINDER,ABRASION,RIB,FALL,AERIAL LIFT,CONTUSION
Event description
AERIAL LIFT MALFUNCTIONED AND FELL; EMPLOYEE INJURED
Investigation abstract
AN INSULATION MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON THE PLATFORM OF A VERTICAL TOWER AERIAL LI FT (RIDER LIFT R-19). AS THE PLATFORM WAS RAISED THE LIFT FAILED, CAUSING THE PL ATFORM TO FALL 14 FEET. IT CAME TO REST IN AN INCLINED POSITION, THE HIGHER END BEING SUPPORTED BY THE SCISSORS ARM RAM AND KEPT ABOUT 4 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR. T HE EMPLOYE WAS THROWN AGAINST THE GUARDRAIL ON THE LOWER SIDE OF THE PLATFORM. H E SUFFERED ABRASIONS AND BRUISES TO HIS SIDE AND RIBS. SEVERAL SHEETS OF INSULAT ION THAT HAD DRAPED THEMSELVES OVER THE GUARDRAIL BROKE THE FALL AND PREVENTED M ORE SERIOUS INJURIES.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 593
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- 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
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