OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14528186

COMMUNICATION CABLE,POWER LINE WORKER,WORK RULES,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL,AERIAL LIFT

1988-05-10T13:30:00

Event: COMMUNICATION CABLE,POWER LINE WORKER,WORK RULES,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL,AERIAL LIFT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14528186
Report ID: 419400

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM AERIAL LIFT

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 PM ON MAY 10, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1, AN ELECTRIC POWER LINE RE PAIRMAN, WAS RIDING IN THE BUCKET OF AN AERIAL LIFT TRUCK AS IT WAS MOVING TO A WORK LOCATION. HE WAS PULLED FROM THE BUCKET BY A LOW HANGING (13 1/2 FEET ABOVE THE PAVEMENT) INSULATED COMMUNICATION CABLE AND FELL TO THE ROAD SURFACE. HE WA S KILLED. THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RIDING IN THE BUCKET, OR, IN THE VER Y LEAST, SHOULD HAVE BEEN SECURED IN THE BUCKET BY SOME MEANS.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
29

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
2

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