Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134277.015 - Employee dies after being ejected from bucket truck

Accident Summary Nr: 134277.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 03/17/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1520342.015	03/18/2021		237130	Meade Electric Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:25 p.m. on March 17, 2021, Employee #1, a journeyman electrician employed by an electrical contractor, was working from the bucket of a Ford F-450 TEREX Bucket Truck, Number 6845. He was removing conduit from the underside of an overpass. A box truck struck the bottom half of the bucket. The bucket turned 90 degrees, and Employee #1 was ejected from the bucket and fell approximately 15 feet to the asphalt road. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for traumatic brain injury. The employee died on March 23, 2021.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Brain, Bucket , Conduit, Construction, Dismantling, Ejected, Electrical Work, Electrician, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Highway work zone, Personnel Cage, Projectile, Road, Skull, Struck Against, Struck By, Traumatic, Truck, Truck Boom, Truck Crane

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1520342.015	30	M	Fatality		Electricians	Distance of Fall: 15 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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