Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation Other
Industry Summary
With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 251 businesses operating in the Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation Other industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 3,167 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (222% more) the average for the Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation Industry.
OSHA investigators arrived in Portageville, NY on Monday, June 13th 2016 and began an accident investigation at Balloons Over Letchworth. A 34 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the employee was killed in fall from hot air balloon.
OSHA ID85990.015
Accident Date2016-06-10
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 9:00 p.m. on June 10, 2016, an employee was working as the gro und crew landing a hot air balloon. After the passengers exited the basket, th e balloon lifted off. The employee hung on to the basket as the balloon gained altitude. The employee lost his grip and fell approximately 100 feet. The emplo yee was killed as a result of multiple traumas from the fall.
OSHA investigators arrived in Fulton, IL on Wednesday, July 6th 2011 and began an accident investigation at City Of Fulton - De Immigrant Windmill. A employee working as a Laborer was killed on the job when the employee fell and later dies
OSHA ID202601985
Accident Date2011-07-01
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 4:40 p.m. on July 1, 2011, Employee #1 was in the process of shutting down a De Immigrant Windmill with a coworker. Employee #1 was installing wooden chocks in the top most wooden wheel in the cap of the windmill. He fell approximately 13 ft through an unguarded floor opening onto the mid-level wooden spur wheel. He was hospitalized and later died.
The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, July 30th 2010 by OSHA representitives in Temecula, CA after learning of an incident at Shiho Seki Dba Magical Adventures Balloon Rides which had occured on Wednesday, July 28th 2010. A employee working as a Laborer was injured on the job when the employee was burned while filling propane gas cylinders
OSHA ID202626271
Accident Date2010-07-28
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt about 9:56 p.m. on July 28, 2010, Employee #1 and a coworker, regular employe es of the employer, were filling six 30-gallon propane gas cylinders that were i n a balloon ride basket inside an enclosed trailer, which had license number 4KL 4897. Employee #1 was filling the cylinders inside the trailer, and the coworker , toward the rear end of the trailer, was helping him. As Employee #1 was fillin g the cylinders, a flash fire occurred from an unknown source of ignition. Emplo yee #1 sustained second-degree flash burns on fifteen percent of his body. He re quired hospitalization for forty hours. The coworker did not receive any serious injury. The employer had total of four employees and was nonunionized.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
4.97
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 15
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 3