OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214019
INSULATOR,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UTILITY POLE
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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