OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692806
MIKE HUNTER, INC.
CHESAPEAKE, VA·
Event description
Three employees injured in fall from aerial lift
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:15 p.m. on October 15, 1985, Employees #1, #2, and #3 were wo rking from an aerial lift, preparing to modify an overhead sign on WBL of I-64 i n Chesapeake. One of the outriggers retracted and caused the aerial lift to fall onto the Interstate. The three employees jumped before the aerial lift was stru ck by a passing car. Employee #1 sustained a broken back; Employee #2 sustained a fractured pelvis; and Employee #3 suffered a bruised arm muscle and back.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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