Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14367304 - Employee Suffers Aneurysm While Servicing Phone Line

Accident Summary Nr: 14367304 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 09/18/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103470290	09/19/1993	1623	0	Ameritech, Wisconsin Bell Div.

Abstract: A telephone line worker was working on a phone line noise problem. To check the quality of the line, he climbed the utility pole in the back yard of a residence. The homeowner watched the employee climb the utility pole, which supported both telephone and overhead power lines. The homeowner went back inside and after a short time went outside, where he saw the employee hanging upside down on the pole. The employee's cause of death was later determined to be a cerebral aneurysm.

Keywords: TELECOM WORK, CONSTRUCTION, ANEURYSM, UTILITY POLE, BRAIN, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103470290			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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