OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221447055

CROCKER ARCHITECTURAL SHEET METAL CO., INC.

GROTON, MA· 2022-01-13T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Basket, Broken, Ejected, Excavator, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Rib, Roof, Rupture, Spleen
NAICS: 332322
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345733919
Employer profile: CROCKER ARCHITECTURAL SHEET METAL CO., INC.
Summary number: 221447055
Report ID: 0134000
Project type: A
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee incurs multiple injuries when ejected out of aerial

Investigation abstract

At 1:15 p.m. on January 13, 2022, an employee was installing sheeting on top of a roof and sidewall of a building. An excavator working below the aerial lift struck the aerial lift boom with the excavator stick. This strike caused the boom of the aerial lift to bounce up and down and side to side. The boom movement ejected the aerial lift operator out of the basket. The aerial lift operator landed on the roof of the building, and then he slid down into a roof gutter. He was hospitalized to treat broken ribs and a ruptured spleen.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
595

Fall distance
12

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