Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201857232 - Employee Paralyzed After Bucket Detached From Boom And Fell.
Accident: 201857232 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 03/16/2003 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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305914640 | 04/03/2003 | 0782 | Diamond Landscapes, Inc. | ||||
On March 16, 2003, an employee of Diamond Landscapes, Inc. was using a Holan elbow aerial lift, double bucket, while trimming trees. The bucket detached, dropping the bucket and employee to the ground. Tree limbs slowed the descent. The employee was paralyzed from the chest down and was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
paralysis, fall, tree trimming, aerial lift
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 305914640 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Occupation not reported |