Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200620532 - Employee killed in fall when aerial lift overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200620532 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 03/08/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127343408	03/09/1999	1731	0	Bellsouth Telecommunications

Abstract: Employee #1 was working from the bucket of an aerial lift/bucket trailer when the vehicle overturned. He fell to the ground and was killed. The lift had four outriggers, but they were not deployed.

Keywords: OUTRIGGER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127343408			Fatality	Other	Technicians, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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