OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673616
WEST DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
MANCHESTER, IA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN AERIAL LIFT HE WAS IN FELL OVER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS COWORKER WERE TOLD BY THEIR SUPERVISOR TO PAINT PARKING LOT LIGHT POLES. THE COWORKER TOLD THE SUPERVISOR THAT IT WAS TOO WINDY TO PAINT (TH E WINDS WERE 30 TO 35 MPH), BUT THE SUPERVISOR SAID TO PROCEED WITH THE PAINTING . IN PREPARATION FOR PAINTING, THE TWO EMPLOYEES PLACED A GENIE PERSONNEL LIFT I N THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK FOR ADDITIONAL HEIGHT. THE PICKUP BOX WASN'T WIDE E NOUGH TO ACCOMODATE THE LIFT'S OUTRIGGERS. EMPLOYEE #1 GOT IN THE LIFT BASKET AN D RAISED HIMSELF TO THE TOP OF A LIGHT POLE, A HEIGHT OF 29 FEET, 6 INCHES. AS H E BEGAN TO PAINT, A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE GENIE LIFT OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO T HE GROUND WITH THE LIFT AND WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 32
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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