Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134951.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall from utility pole

Accident Summary Nr: 134951.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 01/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1512115.015	01/28/2021		238210	M.J. Electric, Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on January 27, 2021, Employee #1, an apprentice lineman using a personal fall arrest system, was working from a wooden utility pole and installing travelers for a power line. He then began to climb down the pole to remove EPZ electrical grounds. The employee proceeded to belt around the top insulator. He installed a secondary fall restraint, then removed the primary fall restraint and leaned into the secondary restraint. The employee fell to the marshy ground, a fall height of approximately 55 feet, sustaining multiple traumatic injuries. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment. His injuries included fractures and lacerations to the ribs and spleen, and multiple other traumatic injuries.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Climbing On Column, Construction, Electrical Work, Equipment Grounding, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Insulator, Laceration, Power Line Worker, Rib, Spleen, Utility Pole

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition				55

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1512115.015	21	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical Power-Line	Distance of Fall: 55 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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