Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14244818 - FALL - AERIAL LIFT FAILURE

Accident Summary Nr: 14244818 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 04/08/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17710518	04/08/1994	1731	0	Bell Of Pennsylvania
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17710484	04/08/1994	1731	0	Alfred J. Fry 3rd Electrical Construction
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17710500	04/14/1994	1623	0	Peco Energy Company

Abstract: A power line worker was in an aerial lift bucket, lowering the boom back into the truck bed. A cable on the aerial lift had broken. When a second cable broke, the boom fell freely, causing the employee to fall out of the bucket. The employee, who was not using fall protection equipment, was killed.

Keywords: EQUIPMENT FAILURE, AERIAL LIFT, EJECTED, BOOM, POWER LINE WORKER, BROKEN CABLE, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17710518			Occupation Not Listed
2	17710484	Fatality	Fracture	Electrical power installers and repairers
3	17710500			Occupation Not Listed

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