Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200270981 - Employee injured in fall from aerial lift

Accident Summary Nr: 200270981 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 03/04/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303514459	03/05/2002	1795	0	Laverdiere Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on top of a 31-foot-tall steel silo containing portland cement. A 14-foot-long synthetic-web sling was attached to the guardrail of an aerial lift. The lift was raised vertically to remove the slack in the sling. Employee #1 stepped into the bottom loop of the sling and was lifted up and then lowered through a 20-inch by 20-inch opening in the top of the silo. The employee was lowered approximately 9 feet into the silo, when a coworker, standing on the ground outside the silo, heard Employee #1 yell "get me out of here." The coworker motioned for the lift operator to raise the employee out of the silo. As the lift operator began raising the lift, the coworker heard a thump inside the silo. Employee #1 had fallen off the sling approximately 12 to 13 feet to the bottom of the silo and was killed.

Keywords: DEMOLITION, WORK RULES, FALL, SLING, AERIAL LIFT, SILO

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		Under $50,000		31	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303514459			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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