OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498703
BOOM TRUCK,BOOM,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE CATAPULTED FROM BUCKET FELL 35 FEET
Investigation abstract
SEVEN EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING TEMPORARY WIRE AND TWO POLES FROM A WORK AREA. THE Y WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A 5 INCH DIAMETER GALVANIZED POLE WHICH WAS STUCK 5 TO 6 FEET INTO THE GROUND. THE POLE WAS 30 FEET LONG. THEY WERE USING A 3/4 INCH DIAMETER POLYPROPYLENE ROPE TO ATTACH THE POLE TO THE BOOM OF A BUCKET TRUCK. T HE BUCKET WAS BEING USED AS A CRANE. THE BUCKET TRUCK OPERATOR STARTED TO MOVE T HE BOOM UPWARDS IN ORDER TO PULL THE POLE OUT OF THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RID ING ONE OF TWO BUCKETS ATTACHED TO THE BOOM. THE ROPE SNAPPED, CAUSING THE BOOM TO SNAP BACKWARDS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CATAPULTED FROM THE BUCKET AND FELL 35 FEET T O THE CONCRETE SURFACE. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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