OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999359

MODERN PAINTING AND DECORATING, INC.

HASTINGS, MN· 1987-10-28T13:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, LUNG, CONSTRUCTION, AUTOMOBILE, RIB, STRUCK BY, PAINTER, AERIAL LIFT, LEG
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #102356326
Employer profile: MODERN PAINTING AND DECORATING, INC.
Summary number: 999359
Report ID: 552700

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

#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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