Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134014.015 - Employee is killed in fall to tarmac

Accident Summary Nr: 134014.015 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 03/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1519790.015	03/15/2021		488190	U.S. Aviation Services Corp.

Abstract: At 1:15 a.m. on March 14, 2021, an employee removed a guardrail from an elevated work platform in order to close an exterior airplane door. The employee did not properly attach his harness to the retractable lanyard connected to the overhead anchor point. The employee fell approximately 15 to 18 feet to the concrete tarmac and was killed.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Aircraft, Anchor, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Guardrail, Lanyard, PPE, Raised platform, Unguarded, Walking Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1519790.015	38	M	Fatality

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