AUGUST 7, 2015
Man injured in West Boca construction accident
By Kate Jacobson Sun Sentinel
Boca Raton, Florida
Man injured at West Boca construction site after falling 30 feet from crane, officials say
A man was injured after falling 30 feet from a crane at a West Boca construction site, officials said.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue officials said at about 2 p.m. on Friday, a man fell from the bucket of a crane truck at a construction site near the corner of Lakeridge Boulevard and Yamato Road.
He was transported to a local hospital and his condition has not been released.
This story will be updated. Check back for more information.
Bucket Truck Accidents, Electrocutions & Deaths
Bucket trucks is the generic term often used to describe these versatile truck mounted aerial buckets used on electrical power lines, cable lines, telephone lines, painting, tree trimming, construction, erection of signs and equipment and hundreds of other daily uses.
Leading manufacturers of bucket trucks, aerial lift trucks and telescoping aerial lifts include ALC, Altec Bucket Trucks, Duralift Dur-A-Lift Telescopic Aerial Lifts, Elliott HiReach telescoping aerial lifts, ETI - Equipment Technology, LLC, Lift All aerial lift trucks, Pitman Utility Products - Pelican PL Series of lift trucks & bucket trucks, Terex Telelect Hi Ranger and Versalift bucket trucks.
Often these aerial lift or bucket trucks are rented on a daily basis and often without sufficient training, warnings or instruction as to safe use. Many of the owned and rented bucket trucks have maintenance issues, lack safety equipment, lack warnings and some are just worn out. When a bucket truck has not been properly maintained, the hand controls can stick or fail to properly control the movement of the bucket, move without warning causing sudden movement, falls and even collapse of the articulated arm.
When the controls for the bucket control operator are not working as designed, especially when the bucket truck and operator are near high voltage electrical powerlines, then catastrophic injuries are waiting to happen.
Bucket truck contact with a overhead power line can lead to severe electrical burns and death. Direct contact with an overhead power line by a bucket truck operator or even a indirect contact with a energized power line through a tree branch or other contact can kill bucket truck operators and others near the bucket truck. A proper working bucket truck is essential to operator and worker safety. Anything else is unacceptable.
Quite often, workers fall from the bucket of the truck-mounted crane because they do not wear the proper safety harness, just as the above accident shows.
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Bucket truck fall
August 10, 2015
A man is said to have fallen from a utility truck in Boca Raton, Florida, on Friday, while working on a building.
The man was apparently working on a building in the city when he is reported to have fallen from the platform, although the only photo that we have received suggests that the boom might have come done suddenly, or suffered a serious impact.
The man was rushed to hospital and is being treated for his injuries, we have no news on his condition. We will update this when we learn more.
The man was apparently working on a building in the city when he is reported to have fallen from the platform, although the only photo that we have received suggests that the boom might have come done suddenly, or suffered a serious impact.
The man was rushed to hospital and is being treated for his injuries, we have no news on his condition. We will update this when we learn more.
The damage indicates the platform suffered a serious impact