Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14340228 - FALL FROM AERIAL LIFT TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14340228 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 08/12/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1966779	08/26/1985	7312	0	Allen Displays, Inc.

Abstract: ON AUGUST 12, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM, TWO EMPLOYEES ON AN AERIAL LIFT WERE ATTEMPING TO INSTALL A NEW FACE ON A QUINCY SIGN. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE BUCKET OF THE AERIAL LIFT. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS ON THE AERIAL LIFT LADDER. THE CONTROLS IN THE AERIAL LIFT BUCKET (1980 GMC, #T16DAAV610485) WERE NOT OPERATIONAL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING THE CONTROLS IN THE BASKET AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CONTROLS AT THE BASE OF THE BOOM. THE BOOM RETRACTED, THROWING EMPLOYEE #1 TWENTY TO FORTY FEET TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED MASSIVE INTERNAL INJURIES. EMPLOYEE #2 LOST HIS GRIP, BUT DID NOT FALL, AS HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN THE LADDER. HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS INJURED AND HIS RIGHT ANKLE DISLOCATED.

Keywords: BOOM, DISLOCATED, FALL, AERIAL LIFT CONTROLS, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1966779			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
2	1966779			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported

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