OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734822
SOUTHERN BELL
WEST COLUMBIA, SC·
Event description
FALL - EMPLOYEE FELL FROM LADDER
Investigation abstract
A TELEPHONE LINE WORKER FOR A TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY WAS REPAIRING A TELEPHO NE DROP LINE. HE WAS WORKING FROM THE TOP OF A 24-FOOT LADDER THAT HAD BEEN PLAC ED AGAINST THE TELEPHONE CABLE SO THAT HE COULD REMOVE THE DROP LINE. FOR UNREPO RTED REASONS, THE EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE LADDER AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE PAVEMENT BELOW. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF THE INJURIES HE RECEIVED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 527
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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