Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170105563 - One killed, one injured when aerial lift overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 170105563 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 05/24/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123990871	05/24/1996	1622	0	Sims And Pedigo Co Inc

Abstract: On May 24, 1996, Employees #1 and #2 were working from an extendible articulating boom platform on an SBC Snooper aerial lift truck. Employee #2 raised and swung it over the bridge barrier wall, causing the truck to tip onto its side. Employee #1 was crushed between the truck cab and the bridge barrier wall; he was killed instantly. Employee #2 suffered multiple broken bones, cuts, contusions, and collapsed lungs. A coworker was knocked under the truck bed onto the bridge deck. He was not injured.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LUNG, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123990871			Fatality	Other	Carpenters
2	123990871			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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