Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124321.015 - Employee breaks neck and back when struck by utility pole

Accident Summary Nr: 124321.015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 11/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1448422.015	11/25/2019		237990	Grady Crawford Construction Co, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on November 19, 2019, an employee working as a lay-out worker for a civil engineering construction company was attaching a skidder hook to a utility pole. When the pole was lifted, it broke at the bottom causing the weight to shift and the pole to sway. When the pole swayed, it struck the employee. The employee broke his neck, back and leg and foot and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Chest, Construction, Flying Object, Foot, Fracture, Hoisting Mechanism, Leg, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Struck By, Unstable Load, Utility Pole

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			0	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1448422.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury		Lay-out workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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