OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #666370
WORK RULES,FALL,UNTRAINED,AERIAL LIFT,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN AERIAL PLATFORM HE WAS IN TIPPED OVER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A BORROWED PITTMAN AERIAL PLATFORM TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB ON A HANGAR CEILING 55 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNTRAINED IN THE USE OF THE PLATFORM. THE LIFT OVERTURNED, THROWING EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE GROUND. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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