OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #979542
BART ASSOCIATES INC
AGUILA, AZ·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from transmission tower
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a member of a clipping crew, was approximately 80 ft above the grou nd standing on an arm of electrical transmission tower 81-1. He was preparing to pick up his grunt bag from a ladder that was suspended from the tower's cross a rm. For some reason, Employee #1 fell and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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