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Accident Summary Nr: 99373.015 - Employee Is Ejected From Basket Of Aerial Lift, Receives Mul

Accident Summary Nr: 99373.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 09/21/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1267034.015	09/26/2017		237310	Sema Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:20 p.m. on September 21, 2017, Employee #1 was driving a 4 wheel drive aerial lift on a temporary access dirt road. The aerial lift was driven off the road into an embankment, where it was stuck on loose dirt. While attempting to free the equipment out of the embankment, Employee #1 was ejected from the lift basket from a height of 20 ft and landing 30 ft away. He fell upon a silt fence wooden post that impaled into his lower abdominal area and he also suffered facial trauma when his face struck the ground. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center for his multiple injuries and later died.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Construction vehicle, Ejected, Elevated Work Platform, Face, Impaled, Overturn, Struck Against, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1267034.015	22	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause:

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