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Accident: 99373.015 - Employee Is Ejected From Basket Of Aerial Lift, Receives Mul
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1267034.015 | 09/26/2017 | Sema Construction, Inc. |
At approximately 2:20 p.m. on September 21, 2017, Employee #1 was driving a 4 wh eel drive aerial lift on a temporary access dirt road. The aerial lift was drive n off the road into an embankment, where it was stuck on loose dirt. While attem pting 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 si lt fence wooden post that impaled into his lower abdominal area and he also suff ered 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
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | X | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1267034.015 | 22 | M | Fatality | Carpenters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage FatCause: |