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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14528293

REPAIR,AERIAL LIFT

Event
REPAIR,AERIAL LIFT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14528293
Report ID
419400

Event description

Employee killed while testing aerial lift still under repair

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, the company's president, took his bucket truck to a shop for repair s. When he returned to the shop the next day to pick up the truck, the mechanic told him that it was not finished. Despite this, Employee #1 got in the aerial l ift to try it out. The bucket fell and Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 54 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    12
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    2

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