OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465835
GULF COAST RENTALS, INC.
HOUSTON, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when thrown from basket of mobile platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was unloading a JLG powered mobile platform from a trailer. The fron t wheels of the platform slipped, causing the rear wheels to hit the ground with such impact that the telescoping boom sprung up, throwing Employee #1 into the air. He landed on the guardrail of the basket. His weight pushed down the basket , which struck against the bed of the trailer. The boom then sprang up again, an d Employee #1 was thrown from the basket a second time. He again fell on the gua rdrail of the basket, and then tumbled approximately 8 feet onto the pavement. E mployee #1 was taken to the hospital, where he died of head and chest injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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