OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14567127
COLLAPSE,POWER LINE WORKER,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL,UTILITY POLE
Event description
FALL - UTILITY POLE FAILURE
Investigation abstract
AFTER ERECTING A NEW UTILITY POLE, A LINEMAN WAS INSTALLING TRANSFORMERS AND CON NECTING DEENERGIZED 13.8-KILOVOLT LINES. THE POLE FELL WITH THE LINEMAN ON IT. H E FELL APPROXIMATELY 27 FEET. THE LINEMAN INJURED HIS BACK. THE REASON FOR THE P OLE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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