OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490445

CHEST,ASPHYXIATED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,AERIAL LIFT

1990-03-22T00:00:00

Event: CHEST,ASPHYXIATED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,AERIAL LIFT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14490445
Report ID: 215800

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by lift basket

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was changing a light bulb in an overhead fixture using a Simon model MP-60 extendible boom aerial lift. The lift's basket moved upward, crushing the employee between the lift's upper control panel and the structural steel beam o f the overhead pipe bridge. Employee #1 was pronounced dead of asphyxia due to c hest compression.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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