Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200556447 - Employee Goes Over Cliff In Aerial Lift
Accident: 200556447 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 04/28/2011 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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314770439 | 04/29/2011 | 1611 | Austin Bridge & Road, Lp | ||||
An employee was attempting to drive an aerial lift down a slope between a bridge under construction and a cliff like area. The employee was driving the aerial lift down the slope without a spotter. While moving down the slope the aerial lift was not centered down the slope, some of the machine was on the edge of the cliff area. As the aerial lift continued down the slope the machine became unbalanced and caused the aerial lift to fall over the edge and flip end over end down the slope killing the employee. | |||||||
Keywords:
fall, aerial lift
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Bridge | Alteration or rehabilitation | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 1 | 15 | X | ||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 314770439 | Fatality | Concussion | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams FatCause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating |