Accident Report Detail

Accident: 201170495 - Employee Injured When Aerial Lift Failed Mechanically

**Accident: 201170495 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 05/03/1997**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
125849190	05/07/1997	0783	Tree Care, Inc.

At approximately 9:00 a.m. on May 3, 1997, Employee #1 of Tree Care Incorporated was operating an aerial lift. The bucket was elevated to approximately 50 feet when the linkage of the articulating boom failed and let the last section of the boom and the bucket free fall onto the back bed of the truck. Employee #1 was driven down onto the controls and the lip of the bucket with his chest and upper body. Employee #1 sustained a collapsed lung, internal bleeding, broken ribs, a broken ankle, and broken bones in his hands.

Keywords: chest, fracture, lung, boom, truck, rib, bucket elevator, hand, aerial lift, ankle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	125849190			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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