Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170667166 - Employee killed in fall when ejected from aerial lift

Accident Summary Nr: 170667166 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 04/04/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123305047	04/04/2000	1622	0	White Oak Corporation

Abstract: At 9:00 p.m. on April 2, 2000, Employee #1, who was the ironworkers' foreman, seven other ironworkers, and one crane operator were assigned to roll two of six new girders to the metro north railroad. In preparation for the job, the foreman was moving a JLG aerial lift, model 800A, from its parked location so another lift could be used because the 800A could not reach where two of the workers were supposed to be stationed. One of the coworkers observed the foreman both when he was half-way elevated and then when he was fully extended, At this time he heard the engine revving high and saw the foreman take his foot off the operator's pedal. The foreman was ejected from the aerial lift and fell to the ground. He was killed. The exact cause of the accident was not specified in the abstract.

Keywords: EJECTED, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, AERIAL LIFT CONTROLS, MECH MALFUNCTION, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		60	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123305047			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 60 feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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