Accident Report Detail
Accident: 130828.015 - Two Employees In Lift Basket Are Killed When Lift Falls Over
Accident: 130828.015 -- Report ID: 0317300 -- Event Date: 11/02/2020 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1500537.015 | 11/02/2020 | Velex Inc | |||||
At 11:30 a.m. on November 2, 2020, Employees #1 and #2, employed by a communicat ions installation and repair company, were hanging a 5G antenna on a water tower . They were working from the basket of an aerial lift when the lift fell over, likely due to high winds. The two employees and the lift fell 125 feet, and the lift landed on the employees. Both employees were killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
aerial lift, antenna, basket, blunt force trauma, construction, equipment failure, fall, fall protection, falling object, high wind, installing, overturn, water tower, windy
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Tower, tank, storage elevator | New project or new addition | 125 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1500537.015 | 22 | M | Fatality | Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip. | FallDist: 125 FallHt:125 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: |
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2 | 1500537.015 | 20 | M | Fatality | Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip. | FallDist: 125 FallHt:125 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: |