OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214019
DILLARD SMITH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
JONESBOROUGH, TN·
Event description
Employee belted to falling power pole killed
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working approximately 35 ft high on a power pole when it broke o ff at ground level. When the pole came in contact with the ground, an insulator struck the employee in the chest. Because Employee #1 was wearing a safety belt, he could not free himself from the falling power pole. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- CHEST (5)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Construction trades, n.e.c. (599)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.