OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606939

DELTA AIRLINES

ATLANTA, GA· 1987-08-19T01:00:00

Event: PLATFORM, GUARDRAIL, OUTRIGGER, WORK RULES, FALL, UNTRAINED, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101278216
Employer profile: DELTA AIRLINES
Summary number: 606939
Report ID: 418100

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN SCISSORS LIFT FELL OVER

Investigation abstract

AT 1 AM ON AUGUST 19, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A NORDCO HI-LIFT, MODEL 5008-4 2. HE WAS 25 FEET ABOVE THE HANGER FLOOR. HIS JOB WAS TO WORK ON A 727 HORIZONTA L STABILIZER. THE HI-LIFT OUTRIGGERS EITHER RETRACTED OR WERE NOT COMPLETELY DOW N WHEN THE PLATFORM WAS RAISED. THE HI-LIFT TILTED TO THE LEFT. THE EMPLOYEE ATT EMPTED TO LOWER THE PLATFORM BUT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE LIFT FELL OVER, TOSSING EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE FLOOR. HE DIED OF SEVERE HEAD INJURIES. THE COMPANY DID NOT HAVE A VIABLE SAFETY PROGRAM. THERE WAS NO ADEQUATE TRAINING PROGRAM. THERE WERE NO GUARDRAILS ON THE PLATFORM. OPERATING CONTROLS AND INSTRUCTIONS WERE NOT CLE ARLY MARKED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
14

Task assigned
1

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