OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221415813
FACILISERV, INC.
CRETE, IL·
Event description
Employee dies from head trauma after aerial lift rolls over
Investigation abstract
At 1:13 p.m. on November 29, 2021, Employee #1, the lead field service technician, was repairing a vinyl curtain in the gym of a high school. Employee #1 was raised in an elevated platform (i.e., bucket/basket) of a Genie Model Number AWP-25S lift that was without power, while a coworker, a field technician, was on the ground pushing the lift. The lift rolled over and Employee #1 fell from the elevated platform, approximately 28 feet 5 inches, to the ground below. Employee #1 was transported to a hospital, where he died from head trauma.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7001
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