Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131065.015 - Employee is killed when boom crane personnel basket falls

Accident Summary Nr: 131065.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 11/14/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1502341.015	11/14/2020		238210	New River Electrical Corporation

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on November 14, 2020, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by an electrical contractor, were working from a Manitex Personnel Basket, Model Number 6001232-002, Serial Number 262087, that was attached to a Manitex Boom Crane. The basket was side loaded with a Honda motor, which created an uneven load. The employees were installing new electrical lines at a power substation. The coworker later reported hearing a pop while the basket was stationary, and the basket swung out from underneath the employees and fell. The coworker, who was tied off to the crane boom, was left hanging. Employee #1, who was wearing a harness that may or may not have been tied off, fell while inside the basket, a fall height of 125 feet. Employee #1 sustained blunt force traumatic head injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Basket, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Crane Boom, Crane Load, Electrical Work, Electrician, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Maintenance, Personnel Cage, Power Line Worker, Power Lines, Repair, Tie-Off, Unstable Load

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair				100	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1502341.015	30	M	Fatality		Electrical Power-Line	Distance of Fall: 125 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 125 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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