Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201153822 - Employee injured in fall from basket lift

Accident Summary Nr: 201153822 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/01/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119950202	12/19/2000	1521	0	Bbc Barrera Construction

Abstract: On July 1, 2000, Employee #1 was in the basket of a Terex TB60 aerial lift, serial #1999 99680410, using a chain saw to trim a 50 ft tall palm tree. He was finishing a cut when the piece he had just trimmed fell and struck the boom of the basket lift. Employee #1 was ejected from the basket and fell 40 ft to the ground. He sustained multiple injuries and was hospitalized for 12 days. Employee #1 had been operating the basket lift without using a safety belt or other form of fall protection.

Keywords: EJECTED, WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, TREE TRIMMING, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119950202			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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