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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999359

FRACTURE,LUNG,CONSTRUCTION,AUTOMOBILE,RIB,STRUCK BY,PAINTER,AERIAL LIFT,LEG

Event
FRACTURE,LUNG,CONSTRUCTION,AUTOMOBILE,RIB,STRUCK BY,PAINTER,AERIAL LIFT,LEG
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
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. #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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