10.05.2018

Truck mount overturn

A bucket truck being used to trim trees overturned yesterday in Mardela Springs, Maryland

The platform was set up in the grass verge of Route 50 and as it reached full outreach at a height of around six metres, it went over. The man in the platform, Johny Arnoldo Picon Velasquez suffered serious injuries in the fall according to Maryland State Police. He had been working for a contractor - Honey Cove Lawn Care - employed by the Maryland State Highway Administration.
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The overturned platform was working on the grass verge

OSHA was called and visited the scene to investigate.