OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565485
FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES INC
TUCSON, AZ—
Event description
FALL FROM AERIAL LADDER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 & 2 WERE USING A TRUCK MOUNTED AERIAL LADDER TO REPLACE PARKING LOT D SEVERE CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS. EMPLOYEE #2 RECEIVED INTERNAL INJURIES WHICH CAUSED HIS DEATH THE FOLLOWING DAY. LIGHTS, LOCATED AT THE TOP OF 40 FOOT LIGHT POLES. THE ACCIDENT OCCURED AT A PO LE LOCATED BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT RIM ROAD AND THE DRY BED OF THE RILLITO RIVER . THE AERIAL LADDER WAS DESIGNED BY THE EMPLOYER. THE TRUCK WAS POSITIONED ON TH E RIM ROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TUCSON MALL. THE LADDER WAS EXTENDED APPROXI MATLEY 32 FEET. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS IN THE BASKET, ABOUT 60 FEET ABOVE THE RIVER BED . EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASCENDING THE LADDER AND WAS ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY UP WHEN THE LADDER'S HYDRAULIC CYLINDER PISTON BENT. THE LADDER FELL, STRIKING THE SIDE OF T HE TRUCK AND THROWING BOTH EMPLOYEES INTO THE DRY RIVER BED. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVE
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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