Self-Employed Electrician Dies While Driving Aerial Lift in Parking Garage

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  On October 3, 1998, a 39 year old male self-employed electrician died of injuries sustained when he struck his head on a steel overhead beam while driving an aerial lift truck. The incident occurred in a privately-owned parking garage where the victim had been contracted to change the ballasts in light fixtures located on the top floor (roof) of the garage. The victim was transporting the aerial lift truck down the ramp of the garage when the incident occurred. The victim was riding on the outside of the lift and ducking under the beams when his head struck a beam. A garage patron leaving the garage found the victim and immediately went for help. Police, fire and emergency medical services personnel soon arrived at the scene. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital emergency room where he was admitted and died two days later. The MA FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar future occurrences: Contractors and tradespeople should: 1. Never ride on the outside of an aerial lift truck. 2. Perform a hazard analysis of each job, bring the proper personal protective equipment, in this case, a hard-hat, to the job site and wear it. In addition: 3. Manufacturers should consider including specific instructions for the operation of special use aerial lift trucks.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Electricity Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Electrical-workers Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 1 Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-helmets Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Machine (All) ; Machine - General ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE98MA043
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028489
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2011-100729
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 98MA043, 1999 Feb ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1992/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0f170e3c7dc45925433443d4e60ddb45d207804ef83957e309fe848d8651b0621f7dc3c0dfdea35d85787f2d1b43e678768d1bdba663e6c1274080a916fcc32c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166606/cdc_166606_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 26.75 KB ]