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Accident Summary Nr: 200672467 - One employee killed, one injured, when aerial lift overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200672467 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 02/07/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303181085	02/08/2000	4513	0	Fine Air Services Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 p.m. on February 7, 2000, Employees #1 and #2, of Fine Air Services, Inc., were installing an Avionics component in the vertical stabilizer of a DC8 aircraft at the Miami airport. They were inside the 4 ft by 6 ft aerial basket of a 1978 International Truck Fleetstar flatbed with hydraulic outriggers, serial #01326HGB17627. The basket was at a height of approximately 40 ft when the aerial device toppled over. Employee #1 was killed and Employee # 2 was hospitalized with a fractured back. The employer was cited for a violation of T8CCR 5(a)(1), for not using the outriggers; T8CCR 1910.67(c)(2)(ii), for failure to train employees on how to operate the equipment; and T8CCR 1910.67(c)(2)(v), for employees not wearing safety belts.

Keywords: FRACTURE, OUTRIGGER, WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNTRAINED, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303181085			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	303181085			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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