OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823054
PENN LINE SERVICE INC
PASADENA, MD·
Event description
LINEMAN INJURED WHEN UTILITY POLE FELL OVER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A LINEMAN, CLIMBED A SERVICE POLE AND DISCONNECTED THE OVERHEAD LIN E. THE POLE THEN FELL OVER WITH HIM SECURED TO IT. EMPLOYEE #1 IS EXPERIENCED AN D HAS BEEN CLIMBING FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN YEARS. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURED RIB AN D CONTUSIONS. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT PERFORM A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE POL E BEFORE CLIMBING.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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