OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14308738
SANTANIELLO, INC.
ELIZABETH, NJ·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN IMPALED BY FALLING DIGGER-DERRICK BOOM
Investigation abstract
Employee was removing a utility pole using a Pole Cat digger-derrick. The utilit y pole was embedded 6 feet in the ground. The excessive pressure on the boom of the digger-derrick caused it to snap, fatally impaling the operator.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 598
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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