OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14267033
PROLINE CORP
BELLINGHAM, MA—
Event description
FALL - MECHANICAL FAILURE IN AERIAL LIFT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS ELEVATED ABOUT 20 FEET IN AN EXTENSIBLE-BOOM-TYPE AERIAL LIFT. T HE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SAFETY BELT, WAS POSITIONING THE BUCKET NEXT TO A UTILITY POLE IN ORDER TO STRING CABLE FOR CABLE TELEVISION. THE CHAIN THAT RAISES THE BOOM BROKE, CAUSING THE BOOM TO DROP TO A LEVEL ABOUT 6 FEET ABOVE TH E GROUND. THE HYDRAULIC SAFETY CYLINDER BENEATH THE BOOM (WHICH HAD LITTLE OR NO OIL IN IT) FAILED TO PREVENT THE BOOM FROM FALLING. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A FAT AL HEAD INJURY WHEN HE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE BUCKET AND ONTO A PAVED ROAD SURFAC E.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 533
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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