Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201953957 - Employee injured in fall when ejected from truck bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 201953957 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 09/22/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308181197	09/27/2004	1731	238210	Black & White Technologies Group, Inc.

Abstract: On September 22, 2004, Employee #1, who worked for Black & White Technologies Group, Inc., was in the bucket of a boom truck helping to remove a temporary light pole near the entrance to a high school. He was using a rope to pull on the pole when the rope snapped and he was ejected from the bucket. Employee #1 fell approximately 30 ft to the ground, sustaining injuries that required hospitalizarion. He was using not any form of fall protection.

Keywords: EJECTED, BOOM TRUCK, ROPE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TRUCK BOOM, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308181197			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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