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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170253017

BOOM TRUCK,COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,BOLT,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Event
BOOM TRUCK,COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,BOLT,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
170253017
Report ID
1055340

Event description

Employee falls from platform on ladder boom truck

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was going to wash bridge girders. As he stepped onto the platform, t he four bolts holding the platform to the end of a ladder boom truck broke. He f ell approximately 10 feet to the bridge.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    2
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    579
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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