OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733568
POWER LINE WORKER,SAFETY BELT,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,UTILITY POLE
Event description
FALL FROM UTILITY POLE
Investigation abstract
CONDUCTORS FOR A NEW 69-KV OVERHEAD POWER LINE WERE BEING STRUNG ON UTILITY POLE S. AN EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A POLE BEING STRUNG WHEN HE RELEASED HIS SAFETY ST RAP TO CLIMB AROUND HARDWARE THAT WAS ABOUT 45 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOY EE LOST HIS HAND GRIP AND FELL TO THE GROUND. (THE POLE AND HARDWARE WERE WET FR OM SNOW THAT HAD STOPPED 1 HOUR BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.) THE EMPLOYEE DIED AS A RES ULT OF INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE FALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 27
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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