Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202180170 - Employee Killed in Fall from Aerial Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 202180170 -- Report ID: 0253660 -- Event Date: 01/31/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310330790	01/31/2007	1611	237310	Medina Vill Dpw Fatality 2007

Abstract: Between 10:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. on January 31, 2007, Employee #1 was removing hanging branches from a tree in a village-owned cemetery. He was working from the elevated platform of a 2004 Terex/Telelect XT60 High Ranger aerial platform truck. He was not wearing fall protection. The platform struck a tree limb and became inverted, causing Employee #1, along with the dielectric fiberglass platform liner, to fall from the platform. He fell approximately 25 feet and came to rest between the lower branches of the 3-foot diameter tree, approximately 8 feet to 9 feet above the ground. Three coworkers, who were positioned on the ground to cut and chip limbs felled by Employee #1, responded to him and called 911. Employee #1 was asphyxiated and was pronounced dead at the scene by the county coroner.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, CONSTRUCTION, TREE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, TREE TRIMMING, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other		Under $50,000		35	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310330790			Fatality	Asphyxia	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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