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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14349658

POWER LINE WORKER,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,AERIAL LIFT

Event
POWER LINE WORKER,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,AERIAL LIFT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14349658
Report ID
419400

Event description

EMPLOYEE DIED IN FALL FROM AERIAL LIFT

Investigation abstract

A power line worker was working from an aerial lift 15.2 meters above the ground . He was not wearing personal fall arrest equipment or work positioning equipmen t. As he was tying off a new overhead power line conductor to a utility pole, he fell out of the aerial lift bucket. He died of injuries sustained in the fall.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 46 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    555
    Human factor
    20
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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