OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14422422
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,POWER LINE WORKER,TRUCK,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR,FALL,UTILITY POLE
Event description
FALL - FAILURE OF UTILITY POLE
Investigation abstract
A CREW OF POWER LINE WORKERS FOR AN ELECTRIC UTILITY WAS REMOVING CONDUCTORS FRO M A UTILITY POLE. ONE OF THE CONDUCTORS SLIPPED FROM A GRIP THEY WERE USING AND FELL TO THE GROUND. IT BECAME STUCK BETWEEN THE BED AND THE CAB OF A GLASS HAULI NG TRUCK THAT HAD BEEN MOVING DOWN THE STREET. THE TRUCK PULLED THE CONDUCTOR, C AUSING THE TOP 19 FEET OF THE POLE TO SNAP OFF. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS BELTED TO THE POLE AND FELL WITH IT, LANDING ON HIS UPPER TORSO. HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSP ITAL WHERE HE DIED 18 DAYS LATER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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