OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14425045
LUNG,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,LIVER,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,LACERATION,FALL,STRUCK BY,UTILITY POLE
Event description
Employee killed in fall when utility pole breaks
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing electrical lines from the top of a utility pole when th e pole fractured below ground level and fell over. Employee #1 also fell, suffer ing lacerations to his liver, lungs, and aorta. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 27
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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