Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202330486 - Employees thrown from lift platform when it tips over

Accident Summary Nr: 202330486 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 03/07/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304692569	03/07/2002	1731	0	Value Electric, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304692551	03/07/2002	1542	0	Clark Turner, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304692569	03/07/2002	1731	0	Value Electric, Inc.

Abstract: On March 7, 2002, one company provided a Lull Material Lift with an authorized personnel platform attached to another company. They also provided an operator. They were using the lift to install decorative light bulbs in trees located adjacent to a river. They moved the lift to get to the last location. The operator lowered the basket a short distance and backed up a few feet and then moved forward again going very slow. The boom was extended up and out at least 34 ft and was up at a 50 degree angle. As the operator was about to raise the personnel basket back up, it started to tilt to the right. The operator tried to stabilize the lift but could not. It fell over to the right and crashed down onto the hill, slamming the boom and basket into the ground. Employee #1 landed half in and half out of the basket and Employee #2 was thrown completely out. Employee #1 died from multiple internal injuries and Employee #2 was badly injured and hospitalized.

Keywords: INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, UNTRAINED, PLATFORM, ROLL-OVER, STRUCK AGAINST, CRUSHED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Shoreline development, dam, reservoir		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		34	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304692569	Hospitalized injury	Other	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 34 feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)
2	304692551			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	304692569	Fatality	Other	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 34 feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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