In order to view all images, please register and log in. This will also allow you to comment on our stories and have the option to receive our email alerts. Click here to register
13.09.2015

Virginia bucket truck fatality

A man died on Saturday after falling around 20 metres after the bucket was sheared off the boom by a cable.
Please register to see all images

The whipping cables sliced the buckets from the boom


The incident occurred in Augusta County, Virginia near Staunton, while a crew from Irby Construction were cutting high tension overhead wires. Police reports indicate that Dustin Killen, 22, was working from an Altec platform cutting the cables along with colleagues in other lifts. One of the wires apparently whipped back and sliced the dual buckets from the boom.
Please register to see all images

The buckets landed by the side of the road


The contractor was working for Dominion Virginia Power it has sent an investigator to the scene to join the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and police in their investigations.

Comments