OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221481906

104804 - AE SYSTEMS LLC

ELK RIVER, MN— 2022-07-19T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force trauma, Boom, Boom Truck, Broken Bone, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Laceration, Leg
NAICS: 561790
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346103625
Employer profile: 104804 - AE SYSTEMS LLC
Summary number: 221481906
Report ID: 0552700

Event description

One employee is killed, another incurs multipe injuries afte

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 a.m. on July 19, 2022, two employees were working in a boom lift truck, straightening a flagpole with a strap attached between the boom lift's bucket and the flagpole at approximately 30 feet above the ground. The strap then broke, causing the boom lift to catapult the two employees out of their respective buckets. One employee died due to head injury. The other employee sustained broken bones, a leg laceration, and a head injury and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 72 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
999

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