Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110225.015 - Employee Fractures Hips In Fall From Power Pole

Accident Summary Nr: 110225.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 10/16/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1354586.015	10/19/2018		237130	K-Line Construction, Ltd

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on October 16, 2018, an employee climbed a wooden utility pole to reinstall power lines. While on the pole, the employee removed his primary choker belt and dropped it to the ground. As the employee descended the pole, the employee came up to some communication lines and unhooked the secondary choker and fell twenty feet. The employee was hospitalized for fractures to both

Keywords: ascending, belt, choker, climbing, descending, fall, fall protection, fracture, hip, power lines

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1354586.015	65	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical power installers and repairers

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