Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202044566 - Employee Cut Hand When Aerial Lift Boom Dropped

Accident Summary Nr: 202044566 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 04/17/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303452593	04/18/2001	1623	0	Babco Communications

Abstract: A communication worker was working from an aerial lift. When the bucket was at a height of approximately 6.1 meters, the support cable snapped, and the bucket dropped 4.9 meters. The employee sustained a laceration to his hand, which required seven sutures to close.

Keywords: TELECOM WORK, BOOM, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LACERATION, SUPPORT CABLE, FALL, AERIAL LIFT, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303452593			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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