Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119948313 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN AERIAL LIFT OVERTURNED

Accident Summary Nr: 119948313 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/10/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119948313	09/19/2001	1623	0	Irby Construction, Inc.

Abstract: A 48-year-old operator/laborer was working at a site where a new substation was being constructed. He was working from an elevated aerial lift platform when the left rear outrigger support failed, causing the aerial lift to overturn. The employee sustained a compression fracture of his back and was hospitalized for 8 days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, OUTRIGGER, BACK, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	4	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119948313			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Landing Materials (Hoi Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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