OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #975714
EJECTED,WORK RULES,OVERLOADED,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
Employee killed when catapulted from aerial lift
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on August 7, 1989, Employee #1 was in the basket of a ust 9, 1989. n aerial lift. He extended the boom approximately 30 ft to lift and move a crate of glass attached to the bottom of the basket by synthetic slings. The basket's capacity was posted at 500 lb. The glass weighed 1,080 lb. The weight of the gl ass caused the wheels on the lift away from the load to leave the ground. When t he crate was raised 6 in. above the ground, it struck another crate and the slin gs around the crate came loose. The aerial lift slammed back onto all four wheel s, causing Employee #1 to be catapulted out of the basket at a height of approxi mately 30 ft. Employee #1 suffered multiple blunt force injuries and died on Aug
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 589
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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