Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170388698 - Employees dies from head injury in fall from truck ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 170388698 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 10/08/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125370379	10/09/1998	1611	0	Indot Unit #65403

Abstract: At approximately 11:45 a.m. on October 8, 1998, Employee #1 climbed to the top of a ladder on a Ford F700 truck to place a chain saw into the bottom of the articulating boom platform (bucket). He was preparing to get into the bucket, which was in its resting position when the truck driver heard something strike either the bucket or the truck. He went to the back of truck and found Employee #1 lying on the asphalt, 6 ft below the bucket. He was unconscious and bleeding from the back of the head, but he had a pulse. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to Harrison County Hospital, where he died of a closed head injury. He was not wearing any fall protection. Two employees were working nearby, but did not see Employee #1 fall. His hard hat was found on the pavement, about 8 ft from where he landed. The inside back band was broken in two places, but the webbing was intact.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, HARD HAT, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		Under $50,000		8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125370379			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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