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steelcitykid t1_irfi1vx wrote

Reply to comment by djohnny_mclandola in Bridge Painter dies after Semi- crashes into the bucket lift by [deleted]

Disclaimer: I know nothing of the normal safety and PPE gear such a worker should/would normally be wearing but where does it attach to normally? If the tractor was driving at highway speeds even without a load the force it would collide with the bucket and operator is tremendous.

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just_an_ordinary_guy t1_irh3iwt wrote

Thing with something like a bucket truck or boom lift is that they can basically act as a catapult. The harness would be attached with a lanyard somewhere on the boom or in the basket/bucket within operator reach. An accident can still involve injury, and possibly even death. But if you're wearing a harness and lanyard, it keeps ya from getting ejected, ejection being much less survivable.

Don't want to speak ill of the dead or speculate too much, but there were very likely multiple safety rules being broken. From PPE, maybe traffic control, maybe inexperience. Won't know until the investigation is done.

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