OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503718
CONTEL OF KANSAS
PARKER, KS·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN UTILITY POLE HE WAS CLIMBING FELL OVER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS AT THE TOP OF A UTILITY POLE REMOVING A CABLE. WHEN HE CUT THE C ABLE, THE POLE FELL. HE HAD SECURED HIS SAFETY BELT AND FELL ALONG WITH THE POLE . THE POLE HAD DRY ROTTED AT THE BOTTOM. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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