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Accident Summary Nr: 673616 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN AERIAL LIFT HE WAS IN FELL OVER

Accident Summary Nr: 673616 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 04/27/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104215546	04/28/1988	8211	0	West Delaware County Community School District

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS COWORKER WERE TOLD BY THEIR SUPERVISOR TO PAINT PARKING LOT LIGHT POLES. THE COWORKER TOLD THE SUPERVISOR THAT IT WAS TOO WINDY TO PAINT (THE WINDS WERE 30 TO 35 MPH), BUT THE SUPERVISOR SAID TO PROCEED WITH THE PAINTING. IN PREPARATION FOR PAINTING, THE TWO EMPLOYEES PLACED A GENIE PERSONNEL LIFT IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK FOR ADDITIONAL HEIGHT. THE PICKUP BOX WASN'T WIDE ENOUGH TO ACCOMODATE THE LIFT'S OUTRIGGERS. EMPLOYEE #1 GOT IN THE LIFT BASKET AND RAISED HIMSELF TO THE TOP OF A LIGHT POLE, A HEIGHT OF 29 FEET, 6 INCHES. AS HE BEGAN TO PAINT, A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE GENIE LIFT OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO THE GROUND WITH THE LIFT AND WAS KILLED.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, OUTRIGGER, WORK RULES, FALL, PAINTER, AERIAL LIFT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104215546			Fatality	Other	Janitors and cleaners

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