OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391170

COUNTY OF GILES, MAINTENANCE, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

PEARISBURG, VA· 2021-05-19T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blood Clot, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Bucket, Bucket Truck, Chest, Clearing, Crushed, Driving, Ejected, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Femur, Flying Object, Foot, Fracture, Harness, Hip, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Hoistline, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Knee, Lack of Work Procedures, Leg, Lifeline, Lung, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pelvis, Protective Clothing, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Sling, Supervision, Training, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Trimming, Winch, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 921190
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345331698
Employer profile: COUNTY OF GILES, MAINTENANCE, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Summary number: 221391170
Report ID: 0355118

Event description

Employee sustains multiple injuries when ejected from bucket

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on May 19, 2021, an employee working for a County Department of puncture wound to the lower left leg, and had blood clots in his lung. Public Works was operating a 2004 Lift-All Model L0M15-55-1S Bucket Truck (serial number 7490050455L0M15) to move tree sections at jobsite. The employee had connected to a tree with the equipment's onboard winch and was attempting to pick up the tree using the hydraulic boom of the truck. As the employee raised the boom, the winch disconnected from the tree creating a sling-shot effect that ejected the employee from the bucket. The employee fell approximately 25 feet onto an embankment. The employee was hospitalized to treat injuries to his lower back, a shattered right pelvis, displaced right femur, injury to the left knee,

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
0

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