OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503304
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE, INC.
TOWANDA, KS·
Event description
FALL FROM LADDER
Investigation abstract
An employee was about 3.7 meters above the ground working from a nonconductive l adder supported by an overhead distribution cable. A service drop to a residence was connected to the cable near the ladder. The employee cut the service drop, causing the distribution cable to move with the release of tension. The resultan t movement caused the employee, who was not using fall protection equipment, to fall from the ladder. The employee fractured his hip and his collarbone as a res ult of the fall. He was hospitalized and died of his injuries 3 days after the a ccident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 527
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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