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Accident: 200372258 - Employee Killed In Fall From Crane Bucket
Accident: 200372258 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 07/19/2002 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 300268018 | 07/19/2002 | 1799 | Tnt Signs | ||||
| On July 19, 2002, Employee #1 was in the bucket of an extensible, truck-mounted boom crane, replacing a light bulb in a sign at a Days Inn Hotel. A groundsman was at the rear of the truck, operating the crane boom. The coworker had extended it to a height of 42 ft to allow Employee #1 to reach the sign when he heard a loud "pop" and the boom suddenly retracted approximately 17 ft. The bucket stopped abruptly and Employee #1 was thrown out. He fell 25 ft to the ground and was killed. Employee #1 was wearing a safety harness, but was not tied off. | |||||||
Keywords:
ejected, boom truck, construction, equipment failure, fall, fall protection, truck boom, tie-off, aerial lift
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Other building | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 65 | X | |||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 300268018 | Fatality | Other | Helpers, construction trades | FallDist: FallHt:65 Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. FatCause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket) |
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