OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250898
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
GASTONIA, NC·
Event description
FALL - EMPLOYEE EJECTED FROM AERIAL LIFT
Investigation abstract
A TELEPHONE LINE WORKER WAS WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT, SPLICING A TELEPHONE LI NE. NO WARNING SIGNS HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE ROADWAY TO WARN APPROACHING TRAFFIC. A TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER DID NOT SEE THE AERIAL LIFT BUCKET, AND THE TRAILER HI T THE BUCKET AS THE TRUCK PASSED. THE BUCKET TILTED; AND THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS N OT WEARING ANY FALL ARREST EQUIPMENT, FELL HEAD FIRST ABOUT 16 FEET TO THE ASPHA LT BELOW. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF THE HEAD INJURIES HE RECEIVED.
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 527
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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