OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342612
TELECOM WORK,E TC,CAUGHT BY,TRUCK,FALL,STRAND INSTALLATION,SUSPENSION STRAND,UTILITY POLE,ANKLE
Event description
FALL - COMMUNICATIONS STRAND CAUGHT ON TRUCK BUMPER
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES OF A TELEPHONE UTILITY WERE STRINGING COMMUNICATIONS STRAND BETWEE THE EMPLOYEE'S ANKLES WERE AMPUTATED, AND HE FELL ABOUT 30 FEET TO THE GROUND. T HE EMPLOYEE DIED OF HIS INJURIES. N TWO UTILITY POLES. A TWO-LANE ROAD RAN BETWEEN THE TWO POLES. THE STRAND WAS C ONNECTED TO THE POLE ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS RUN ACROSS THE SURFACE OF T HE ROADWAY. THE TWO EMPLOYEES THEN CONNECTED THE STRAND TO THE OTHER POLE. ONE O F THE EMPLOYEES WAS APPARENTLY STANDING ON THE STRAND AT GROUND LEVEL. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN AERIAL LIFT BUCKET. A PICKUP TRUCK TRAVELING ON THE ROAD RAN OVER THE STRAND, AND THE STRAND CAUGHT ON THE RIGHT OF THE TRUCK'S REAR BUMPER. THE TRUCK PULLED THE STRAND TAUT BETWEEN THE TWO POLES, AND THE EMPLOYEE STANDI NG ON THE STRAND WAS CARRIED UP TO THE CLAMP WHERE IT WAS ANCHORED TO THE POLE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 527
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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