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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221418130

COLORADO LIGHTING, INC.

Event
Basket, Brain, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Reach, Skull, Traumatic, Tripped
NAICS
236220
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345680243
Employer profile
COLORADO LIGHTING, INC.
Summary number
221418130
Report ID
0830500

Event description

Employee falls from man basket, receives head injury and is

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on December 7, 2021, an employee worked to fix wiring on a light pole using an Elliot L60R Hi-Reach. As the employee cleaned up, the basket was moved down to the stowed forward position so the employee could exit the man basket. As the employee stepped out, the employee tripped on a bar, lost their footing, and fell approximately eight feet. The employee received a skull fracture with traumatic brain injury and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 31 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    213

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