OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #981670
FRACTURE,POWER LINE WORKER,BACK,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,UTILITY POLE,CONTUSION
Event description
FALL FROM UTILITY POLE
Investigation abstract
A power line worker was on a utility pole to repair an overhead power line. He f ell from the pole about 6.1 meters to the ground, landing on his back. He sustai ned multiple contusions on his back and fractured several bones. He was hospital ized for his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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