OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14241178
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY,INC.
ARDMORE, OK·
Event description
FALL - FAILURE OF UTILITY POLE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED THE TASK OF REMOVING COMMUNICATION LINES FROM UTIL ITY POLES THAT WERE GOING TO BE REMOVED. HE CLIMBED ONE OF THE POLES AND, WITHOU T RELIEVING THE TENSION ON THE LINES, CUT THE CABLE AND THE SUSPENSION STRAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE POLE. THE TENSION ON THE POLE FROM THE LINES ON THE NORTH SIDE CAUSED THE POLE TO FAIL, AND IT BROKE AT GROUND LEVEL. THE EMPLOYEE FELL W ITH THE POLE, AND IT PINNED HIM TO THE GROUND. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 527
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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