Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123152.015 - Employee, hanging from climbing belt, suffocates

Accident Summary Nr: 123152.015 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 01/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1455666.015	01/13/2020		237130	Eustis Cable Enterprises Ltd

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on January 13, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a cable company, was working at a heavy construction site. He was attempting to unjam a lasher. He slid out to the lasher on the wire, but lost his grip on the wire and hung suspended from his climbing belt. The employee was killed by suffocation/asphyxiation.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Belt, Caught By, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Jammed, Suffocated

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition				20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1455666.015	40	M	Fatality		Telecomm: Line Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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