04.08.2013
Crushing incident in Florida
A man has died following a crushing incident with a boom lift in Sarasota, Florida, last week.
The man, Mitch Phelps, 55, was working in the platform alone at a height of around seven to eight metres, painting the outside of the Sarasota Military Academy in the city. He was found by two colleagues, who were able to lower the platform to the ground and administer CPR. He was taken to hospital unconscious and was pronounced dead on arrival.
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The scene some time after the incident occured
Phelps was working for locally based Service Painting Florida and using a straight telescopic JLG boom lift rented from Sunbelt Rentals. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating the incident.
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