OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449326
NSP - NORTH DIVISION
BROOKLYN CENTER, MN·
Event description
DECAPITATION CAUSED BY WINCH
Investigation abstract
A 61-year-old employee of an electric utility company was found decapitated on t he bed of a pole-delivery truck. A powered winch, which had caused the decapitat ion, was still revolving at a rate of 4.6 meters per minute. The winch was gener ally used to pull poles onto the truck. However, the truck was fully loaded, and the employee, who had many years experience with his company, had not been assi gned to work in the area. The accident was not witnessed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 848
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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