Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201857232 - Employee paralyzed after bucket detached from boom and fell.

Accident Summary Nr: 201857232 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 03/16/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305914640	04/03/2003	0782	561730	Diamond Landscapes, Inc.

Abstract: On March 16, 2003, an employee of Diamond Landscapes, Inc. was using a Holan elbow aerial lift, double bucket, while trimming trees. The bucket detached, dropping the bucket and employee to the ground. Tree limbs slowed the descent. The employee was paralyzed from the chest down and was hospitalized.

Keywords: PARALYSIS, FALL, TREE TRIMMING, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305914640			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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