Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202329678 - Employee Catapulted From Aerial Lift Bucket
Accident: 202329678 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 10/01/2002 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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305585713 | 10/08/2002 | 4911 | W.A. Chester, L.L.C. | ||||
An employee was removing an underground power line cable. He had secured the cable to the boom of an aerial lift. He was in the aerial lift bucket, using the boom to pull the cable from the ground. The cable broke, catapulting the employee from the bucket. He struck an overhead communication line on a nearby utility pole and fell 4.5 meters to the ground. He was hospitalized with multiple fractures of his back and pelvis. | |||||||
Keywords:
ejected, fracture, electric cable, overloaded, back, pelvis, elec utility work, fall, fall protection, aerial lift
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 305585713 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Electrical power installers and repairers |