05.11.2008

Outrigger accident injures one

A man was seriously injured in Rome, Georgia, USA, on Tuesday after a utility type ‘bucket truck’ he was using to pressure wash the local Baptist church.
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The bucket truck's outriggers sank into the grass

The man was 15 metres up and the A-Frame outrigger was set up on the church lawn with no outrigger mat. As a result the outrigger punched a hole in the grass causing the lift to tip dumping the man onto the ground. The lift, a Hydra-Tech, Lift-All was not seriously damaged.
The victim, Johnny Studdards, remains in critical condition at Erlanger Hospital’s intensive care unit.