Aerial lifts are useful tools for moving workers close to elevated work spaces that would otherwise be tricky to access. But this equipment can also be dangerous, as the following statistics show.

1. Four causes of injuries and deaths involving aerial lifts are falls from lifts, collapses, tip-overs and electrocutions.
2. Boom lifts account for nearly 70 percent of aerial lift worker fatalities. (eLCOSH)
3. 50 percent of the falls from boom lifts involve workers being thrown from buckets struck by vehicles, crane loads or falling objects, or as the result of jerky movements. (eLCOSH)
4. 1 type of aerial lift incident resulting in injuries or fatalities involves […]

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