According to the Center for Construction Research and Training, also known as CPWR, about 26 workers die every year utilizing the aerial lifts. Furthermore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2011 estimated there were 39 fatalities directly blamed on elevating devices such as cherry pickers and aerial lifts that were not truck mounted. Another 66 fatalities were directly attributed to truck mounted lifts. Another 34 fatalities listed these types of equipment as the secondary cause of death in workers. In addition, there are also fatalities from electrocution while using an elevating device, but these are not included in these numbers.These causes are usually ranged due to electrocutions, falls and tip-overs to being caught between the bucket or guardrail and an object.
A bucket truck is a truck that has a long arm or “boom” with a bucket on the end that is designed to hold a person (or persons) so they may be hoisted up to perform work at heights. Depending upon how high the truck lifts people and how heavy the boom is, some bucket trucks have braces on the sides to help prevent the truck from tipping.
An estimate shows approximately 250,000 workers annually use aerial lifts such as cherry pickers and bucket trucks, putting them at risk for falls, electrocution and a list of other possible injuries. A majority of these workers are in the construction, painting, telephone companies, sign companies, highway tree trimmers and any company that regularly needs to lift people up at multiple locations. To prevent accidents while working on aerial lift equipment, it is important that employers are vigilant in ensuring that all safety precautions are being implemented.
There are always fall risks when working at elevated levels. Whoever that is working on a cherry picker or bucket truck has the risk of unfortunately falling, but there are many other hazards as well. Although these devices are often attached to vehicles, they are mobile and have the risk of moving or being hit by other moving vehicles and are often in many different locations.
These are the common causes of injuries and fatalities of using cherry picker or bucket truck:
Aerial lifts have similar risks as cranes and other elevated work equipment but have the additional element of also being mobile. This makes using all safety precautions even more crucial as there are outside influences these workers may have to contend with.
Precautions that should be used are:
Aerial lifts are needed to perform many jobs and are quicker and safer than using ladders and other lifting devices. However, there are many risks both from the job itself and outside factors. Any industry using these devices needs to take the proper safety precautions to ensure their workers are being protected.
Very few attorneys have experience litigating accidents involving bucket trucks (cherry picker) accidents. Our attorney members have successfully prosecuted aerial lift accidents for injured people involving: defective products, negligent operation and inadequate maintenance. In most cases, we have successfully recovered damages for our clients, based upon:
Based on the specifications of your case – the details of the accident, how severe your injury was, it is ultimately going to determine what you could be entitled to sustain based on your case. However, what you can be compensated for if your case prevails can often be put into several different categories.
The categories of compensation can include:
Medical bills: Should you win your case, you could be awarded compensation for medical bills you’ve had to pay as a result of your injury. This includes both past and future bills stemming from the injury, and can potentially cover expenses such as transport or in-home rehabilitation services.
Lost wages: Lost wages can be awarded if your injury has caused significant missed time at work, or has made you unable to perform your job. You could be entitled to even more lost wages if the injury leaves you permanently disabled and unable to find consistent work.
Pain and suffering: In some cases, the damages endured from physical pain and emotional suffering can be compensated to pay for therapy treatments.
Punitive damages: Punitive damages are awarded in more extreme cases, wherein the injury was caused by someone’s recklessness. They are awarded to try and dissuade the defendant and others from acting with that level of recklessness again.
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