OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999359
FRACTURE,LUNG,CONSTRUCTION,AUTOMOBILE,RIB,STRUCK BY,PAINTER,AERIAL LIFT,LEG
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN AERIAL LIFT STRUCK BY CAR
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM ON OCTOBER 28, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PAINTING A STEEL BRID GE. HE WAS WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT SUSPENDED ABOUT 14 FEET ABOVE A LANE OF M OVING AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC. AS HE WAS PAINTING A LOWER SECTION OF THE BRIDGE, THE LIFT WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI-TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN FROM THE LIFT BASKET, SUSTAINING NUMEROUS FRACTURES AND A COLLAPSED LUNG. THE FRACTURED BONES INCLUDED A FEMUR AND AT LEAST SEVEN RIBS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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