Thursday, December 22, 2011

WSH Alert – Workers Fell together with a Cherry Picker Basket

Incident
Two workers fell to their death while they were on a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) to carry out abrasive blasting work on a vessel. They were in the basket of the MEWP (a cherry picker) about 25m from the ground, when the MEWP’s extended boom suddenly buckled. The basket, together with the two workers, dropped towards the ground and hit a keel block on the ground.

Source: WSH Council (e-mail)

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