OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14481691
SLIP,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL,TRANSMISSION TOWER,STEP BOLT
Event description
FALL - SLIPPED WHILE DESCENDING TRANSMISSION TOWER
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRIC UTILITY WORK CREW THAT HAD BEEN ERECTING AN ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LI NE TOWER WAS INSTRUCTED TO SECURE THE WORK AREA FOR THE DAY. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEE S WAS DESCENDING THE STEP BOLTS ON THE TOWER WHEN HE SLIPPED. AS HE LOST HIS BAL ANCE, HE GRABBED A WIND LACING ARM THAT HAD BEEN LYING ON A CROSSARM. THE WIND L ACING ARM SWUNG OUT AWAY FROM THE TOWER AND THEN SWUNG DOWN AND IN A BACKWARD MO TION. THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS GRIP AND FALL ABOUT 80 FEET TO THE GR OUND. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF THE INJURIES HE RECEIVED IN THE FALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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