Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202089090 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Aerial Lift

Accident Summary Nr: 202089090 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 11/05/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313780512	11/05/2009	1799	238990	International Tank Service, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on November 5, 2009, Employee #1 was removing wall-mounted, triangular brackets and mounting clips from an interior wall. While repositioning the aerial lift, Employee #1 was facing the controls and his back was to the wall-mounted brackets. The basket of the aerial lift became caught on a bracket, and when the basket released from the bracket, the sudden upward movement ejected Employee #1 from the lift. Employee #1 fell to the ground and was killed. He was wearing a full body harness with lanyard but was not tied off to the aerial lift platform.

Keywords: EJECTED, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, STUCK, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, AERIAL LIFT CONTROLS, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Refinery		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000		50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313780512			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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