Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170812861 - Employee injured in fall from aerial lift

Accident Summary Nr: 170812861 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 06/01/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120176029	06/14/1995	4841	0	Kennedy Cable

Abstract: At the end of the work day, Employee #1, the foreman, was tying two pieces of TV cable together. Some extra cable was lying on the ground. He got into the basket of an aerial lift to hang the extra cable onto the existing cable and was elevated to approximately 15 ft. He was standing on the bottom rung of the door, approximately 6 to 8 in. from the bottom of bucket, without a safety belt. The bucket tilted forward, the door came open, and Employee #1 fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with multiple fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CABLE TV WORK, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, FALL PROTECTION, DOOR, AERIAL LIFT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120176029			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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