Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111972295 - Borbon Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Santa Ana District Office

Investigation Summary

AT APPROXIMATELY 8:47 AM ON NOVEMBER 17, 1990, EMPLOYEE #1, OF THE NUTRALITE VITAMIN MANUFACTURERS, WAS IN AN ELEVATED AERIAL LIFT PREPARING FOR PAINTING THE UNDERSIDE OF A BRIDGE THAT LINKS TWO BUILDINGS TOGETHER. THE AERIAL LIFT WAS LOCATED NEXT TO THE TRAIN TRACKS THAT RAN UNDER THE BRIDGE. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO FOLLOW THE HAND SIGNALS OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES, WHO WERE WATCHING FOR APPROACHING TRAINS. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, A SPOTTER SAW A TRAIN TRAVELING TOWARDS THE BRIDGE AND SIGNALED TO EMPLOYEE #1 TO REMAIN IN HIS ELEVATED POSITION, WHICH WAS OUT OF THE WAY OF THE ONCOMING TRAIN. EMPLOYEE #1 PANICKED AND LOWERED THE LIFT, WHICH THEN HIT THE ROOF OF THE PASSING TRAIN. THE LIFT WAS KNOCKED OVER AND EMPLOYEE #1 FELL OUT OF THE LIFT AND ONTO THE ROOF OF THE TRAIN.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, COLLISION, FALL, PAINTER, TRAIN, AERIAL LIFT