07.08.2018

Aerial lift fatality

A man died on Sunday after he became trapped between the boom and a wheel of a self-propelled boom lift in Salisbury, North Carolina.

According to local reports Jeffrey Langford, 58, was inspecting an articulated boom lift that was up for sale, when the upper boom came down - either intentionally or accidentally - trapping him against the front tyre. The local fire department was quickly on the scene and managed to extract him, but he died a short while later from crush injuries sustained during the incident.