OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14562102
FRACTURE,BOOM,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,BUCKET ELEVATOR
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM SNORKELIFT
Investigation abstract
On October 13, 1989, Employee #1 was found lying on the ground beneath the Snork elift equipped with a bucket positioned approximately 15 feet above the ground. Employee suffered multiple injuries and died the same day at the hospital. There was no witness to the accident. The 650-lb-capacity Snorkelift, Model TBA-420R, with bucket and 7C boom was used to reach different heights of a three-story bu ilding being erected.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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