Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 37996.015 - Employees is killed in an aerial lift fall

Accident Summary Nr: 37996.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 07/16/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
817121.015	07/16/2012		238210	Fino Electric, Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on July 16, 2012, an employee was operating a JLG800AJ aerial lift and raised its bucket before becoming wedged against the back of another aerial lift parked behind him. After the boom arm was released, it jolted laterally, ejecting the employee from the bucket where he fell 30-35 feet. The employee struck his head on the concrete ground surface and was killed from the fall.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Construction vehicle, Fall, Head

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition			1	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	817121.015	44	M	Fatality		Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: 35 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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