OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #666370

U.S. AIR

EAST BOSTON, MA· 1987-12-14T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, FALL, UNTRAINED, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #18107722
Employer profile: U.S. AIR
Summary number: 666370
Report ID: 111400

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

#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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