OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517700

INSTALLING,BOOM,COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TIE-OFF,AERIAL LIFT

1985-10-24T00:00:00

Event: INSTALLING,BOOM,COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TIE-OFF,AERIAL LIFT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14517700
Report ID: 419700

Event description

Employee injured in fall when aerial lift boom collapses

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was using a Skywalker aerial lift to install traffic signals when th e lower boom cylinder became unscrewed from the collar that held it to the bed o f the truck. Employee #1 and the entire boom assembly fell approximately 30 ft t o the ground. He was not wearing a safety belt and lanyard attached to the bucke t.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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