Tree trimmer dies after falling 12 feet when exiting the personnel bucket on an aerial bucket truck.

McKenzie, Lyle E.; McCammon, Jane B.; Hoffman, Richard E.

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE91CO079

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Tree trimmer dies after falling 12 feet when exiting the personnel bucket on an aerial bucket truck.

1991/12/01
By McKenzie, Lyle E. ; McCammon, Jane B. ; Hoffman, Richard E.
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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McKenzie, Lyle E. ; McCammon, Jane B. ; Hoffman, Richard E.

McKenzie, Lyle E. ; McCammon, Jane B. ; Hoffman, Richard E. Less -
Corporate Authors:

Colorado Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Colorado FACE) ; Colorado. Department of Public Health and Environment

Colorado Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Colorado FACE) ; Colorado. Department of Public Health and Environment Less -
Description:

A 49-year old part-time employee of a tree trimming service suffered severe head injuries when he fell while exiting the personnel bucket on a aerial bucket truck. The employee died 23 days later. On the day of the incident the employee had completed trimming a tree in the parking area of a small strip mall. Two co-workers had lowered the folding boom with the employee in the bucket to its resting place on the cab of the truck with the bucket extending over the rear of the truck bed. The bucket was designed with two fiberglass steps built into the exterior of the bucket. The lower step had been damaged and was replaced with a makeshift plywood step. To exit the bucket, the employee climbed over the edge of the bucket and down the two steps on the exterior. He then had to step approximately three feet to the truck body. During this unwitnessed process the deceased fell, hit his head on a concrete parking curb and suffered a severe skull fracture. The Colorado Department of Health (CDH) investigator concluded that to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Ensure that damaged equipment is adequately repaired. 2. Ensure that personal protective equipment is utilized by all employees. 3. Develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive written safety program that includes an adequate fall protection policy. 4. Conduct a job-site survey on a regular basis to identify potential hazards, implement appropriate control measures, and provide subsequent training to employees that specifically addresses all identified hazards.
Content Notes:

Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Agricultural-industry Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Forestry Forestry-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Lumber-industry Lumber-industry-workers OSHA Region 8 Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Falls (0007) ; Landscaping Services (0028)

All (0000) ; Falls (0007) ; Landscaping Services (0028) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE91CO079
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Colorado ; OSHA Region 8

Colorado ; OSHA Region 8 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

4 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

20028573
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2009-108096
Citation:

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 91CO079, 1991 Dec; :1-4
Federal Fiscal Year:

1992
Performing Organization:

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1992/09/30
End Date:

1997/09/29
Resource Number:

FACE-91CO079
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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