Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 140493.015 - Employee is struck on head by falling utility pole and dies
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1560000.015 | 10/21/2021 | 238220 | Hooper Corporation |
Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on October 21, 2021, an employee worked with three coworkers to fell a thirty-five-foot wooden utility line pole. The employee and coworker #1 unloaded a trailer while coworkers #2 and #3 began to dig a forty-five-inch diameter hole approximately one and a half feet deep around the pole in preparation for the cut. The employee then used an angle grinder to cut two steel guy wires that supported the pole as coworker #1 began a conventional wedge cut at the base of the pole facing the identified fall zone. Coworker #2 then held onto the two guy wires while coworker #1 continued cutting the pole. At some point, the employee grabbed one of the guy wires and entered the fall zone without notifying coworker #1 who continued to cut. The pole then fell and struck the employee on the head and right leg. The employee received blunt force trauma to the head and a leg fracture and taken to the hospital, where the employee died.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Powerline, transmission line | Demolition | X |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 1560000.015 | 54 | M | Fatality | Electrical Power-Line | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: |