Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200641249 - Employee killed in fall when aerial lift bucket overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200641249 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 08/31/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302388012	02/01/2000	1799	0	Ron Haver Welding Service

Abstract: On August 31, 1999, Employee #1 and two coworkers were completing the construction of a new outdoor advertising sign. Employee #1 was dismounting the 22 ft high billboard scaffold, but when he stepped inside the aerial lift bucket, the bucket flipped over and he fell to the ground. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: HOISTING MECHANISM, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, FALL PROTECTION, ADVERTISING SIGN, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		22	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302388012			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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