OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221711005

ROCK ENERGY COOPERATIVE

JANESVILLE, WI— 2024-10-19T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Aerial Lift Controls, Aerial Truck, Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Boom, Boom Truck, Bucket, Bucket Truck, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Industrial Truck, Leg, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Torso, Truck Boom, Unsecured
NAICS: 221122
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347827354
Employer profile: ROCK ENERGY COOPERATIVE
Summary number: 221711005
Report ID: 0523300

Event description

Employee dies of blunt trauma in fall from bucket truck boom

Investigation abstract

At 10:45 a.m. on October 19, 2024, an employee working for an electric power distribution company was giving rides to attendees of a customer appreciation event . The employee was operating a the bucket of an International Electrical Bucket Truck equipped with a Versalift telescoping aerial lift. The employee was descending within the insulated bucket of aerial lift when the bucket unexpectedly tipped downward. This caused the plastic, insulated dielectric lining to slide out of the bucket dropping the employee to the ground. The employee fell approximately 10 feet and impacted the ground below. The employee died from blunt force trauma to head, torso and extremities.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Event type
5

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