OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499008
HEAD,CABLE TV WORK,UNSECURED,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,FALL,UTILITY POLE
Event description
Employee dies in fall from power pole
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing cable TV wire on a power pole. He had unsnapped his s afety strap and was attempting to move around the pole to a new position when he fell. His head and back struck the top bar of a chain link fence, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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