Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200812683 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Man-Basket

Accident Summary Nr: 200812683 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 06/27/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312155989	06/27/2008	1629	236210	Sprigler Concrete, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was being lowered from approximately 40 ft above the ground in a man-basket on the forks of a rough terrain forklift. The operator of the forklift was backing up so that he could lower the basket and said that the basket caught on something, possibly a piece of rebar, pulling the basket off of the forks and causing Employee #1 and the basket to fall to the ground. Employee #1 fell out of the basket and the basket landed on him. Employee #1 was not utilizing fall protection, although it is unlikely that it would have made much difference if he had. The basket was not securely attached to the forks. Emergency Medical Services transported Employee #1 to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Keywords: REBAR, UNSECURED, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312155989			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 45 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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