Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201360997 - Employee dies in a fall from boom truck's bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 201360997 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 11/16/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302394457	11/17/1999	0783	0	Flois Conn Tree Service

Abstract: On November 16, 1999, Employee #1 was removing limbs from a 50 ft pine tree, when he fell approximately 25 ft from an elevated aerial lift. He was not wearing any fall protection gear (i.e., safety belt), even though the aerial lift had a safety belt and lanyard attached to the bucket. The impact of the fall caused him to receive internal injuries consisting of lacerations and fractures throughout his body that was fatal.

Keywords: TREE PRUNER, FRACTURE, TRUCK CRANE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TRUCK BOOM, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302394457			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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