OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505648
INEXPERIENCE,FALL,BUCKET ELEVATOR,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
Employee killed testing lift bucket
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 got into the bucket of a lift truck after his lunch break to check t he lift mechanism and controls. The main cylinder had just been overhauled. Empl oyee #1 had experience operating this type of lift truck, but not with checking it after maintenance/overhaul. Not knowing that the controls should be operated in reverse to fill the back side of the cylinder and prevent it from falling, Em ployee #1 lifted up to extend the boom. When the boom was extended more than 90 degrees, the bucket free-fell 30 ft with Employee #1 inside. He died of multiple internal injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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