Workers operating aerial lift trucks need to pay attention to unusual noises, uncharacteristic vibrations, or abnormal operation when controls are activated. That's one of the recommendations from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) following an investigation into a Nov. 8, 2006 fatality. The 45-year-old part owner of an electrical contracting company died in a fall after the articulating boom of the aerial lift truck he was operating collapsed. The victim was working at a height of about 35 feet (around 10 meters) and changing light bulbs on a state highway in Ohio when the incident occurred. NIOSH says a […]