Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 815076 - FALL - AERIAL LIFT CONTROL FAILURE

Accident Summary Nr: 815076 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 03/20/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113216816	03/30/1993	3531	0	Pierce - Correll Corp.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113215818	03/30/1993	0783	0	Walgren Tree Care, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was 2.1 meters above the ground, servicing a vehicle-mounted aerial lift (Hunt-Pierce Aero-Lift, Model No. S-35E). One of the lower cables for adjusting the leveling rods sheared, causing the bucket to throw the employee to the ground. He sustained a head fracture and was killed.

Keywords: EQUIPMENT FAILURE, UNTRAINED, AERIAL LIFT, EJECTED, FRACTURE, REPAIR, BROKEN CABLE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, AERIAL LIFT CONTROLS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	113216816					Occupation Not Listed
2	113215818			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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