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Accident: 201094729 - Employee Killed By Fall Of Fork Lift Telescoping Boom
Accident: 201094729 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 05/25/2001 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 126135128 | 05/25/2001 | 1799 | Stc Netcom | ||||
| While attempting to hook-up a cable on a tower structure, the high lift which they were using became unstable and fell to its side, causing a fatal injury to Employee #1 who was working 35-feet above on the lift. The equipment involved was a Pettibone High Lift Fork Lift with a telescoping boom. Employee #1 was employed by STC Inc. at a worksite located on top of South Mountain. Employee #1 was working on the platform 35-feet up the tower, connecting coaxial cable. Employee #1 sustain fatal multiple injuries from the fall of the high lift fork lift telescoping boom. | |||||||
Keywords:
platform, fracture, communication cable, industrial truck, fall, tower, contusion
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Tower, tank, storage elevator | New project or new addition | $50,000 to $250,000 | 3 | 36 | X | ||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 126135128 | Fatality | Other | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt:35 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Fall, other |
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