Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14392476 - Employee killed between aerial lift bucket and pipe rack

Accident Summary Nr: 14392476 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 02/23/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102260098	02/25/1993	1731	0	Industrial Specialty Contractors

Abstract: Employee #1 worked for an electrical and instrumentation contractor. He was installing brackets on electrical conduit, which had been installed the previous day in a pipe rack about 25 ft above ground level, using a JLG model 40 aerial lift. The same aerial lift had been used the day before and for two hours that day. The boom of the aerial lift failed to stop telescoping because of a malfunctioning control. Employee #1 was crushed to death between the aerial lift bucket and the conduit in the pipe rack.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, INSTALLING, BOOM, CONTROL LEVER, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CRUSHED, MECH MALFUNCTION, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102260098			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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