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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976753

EQUIPMENT FAILURE,HYDRAULIC CYLINDER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TREE TRIMMING,AERIAL LIFT

Event
EQUIPMENT FAILURE,HYDRAULIC CYLINDER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TREE TRIMMING,AERIAL LIFT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
976753
Report ID
551800

Event description

Employee killed in falling aerial lift bucket

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:20 p.m. on September 27, 1988, Employee #1 was trimming trees from the bucket of an Asplundh line lift aerial boom, serial #753937, model #LR 45, mounted on a 1976 Ford F-750 truck, serial #F75EVA63747, company #A210. He w as maneuvering the bucket above a 7200 volt power line. The lower boom was fully extended. Employee #1 was raising the upper boom, which has a maximum height of 45 ft, when the 2 in. hydraulic lower boom cylinder broke at the retainer pin h ole. The lower boom snapped and Employee #1 fell approximately 30 ft. He was tak en to Putnam County Hospital and pronounced dead at 4:15 p.m.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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