OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692467
WORK RULES,ELECTRICAL WORK,FALL,UNSTABLE SOIL,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
AERIAL LIFT FELL OVER, EMPLOYEE IN BASKET INJURED
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 24, 1986 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:42 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DESCENDING IN AN AERIAL LIFT. HE HAD JUST COMPLETED PLACING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON A TREE. THE GROUN D UNDER THE AERIAL LIFT, SOFT AND UNSTABLE FROM RAIN THE NIGHT BEFORE, GAVE WAY CAUSING THE LIFT TO FALL OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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