OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14311385
ASTROS AERIAL ADS
ERMA, NJ—
Event description
Employee killed in fall from aerosol banner in flight
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was holding the tail of the short end of a flight aerosol banner, as sisting in the pickup of the banner by an aircraft. He apparently placed his lef t foot atop an adjacent banner on the ground that extended about 3 ft longer tha n the section that he was holding. Employee #1's foot became entangled in the ex tended section of the banner. He was pulled up with banner as the aircraft lifte d it.. His foot broke loose, and he fell approximately 100 ft to the ground to h is death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 15 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 1
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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