Accident Report Detail

Accident: 14413587 - Employee Struck And Killed By Falling Utility Pole

**Accident: 14413587 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 04/18/1989**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
103399838	04/20/1989	1623	Sarten Construction Corp

WORKERS WERE MOVING AN 80-FOOT, 4,000-POUND UTILITY POLE SUSPENDED FROM A TRUCK CRANE TO A POST HOLE. THE OUTRIGGER STRUCK A POLE THAT WAS LYING IN ITS PATH, CAUSING EMPLOYEE #1 TO LEAVE THE TOP END OF THE POLE. THE CRANE OPERATOR, WHO WAS ALSO DRIVING THE TRUCK, TRIED TO ENGAGE THE CRANE TO RAISE THE OUTRIGGER ABOVE THE POLE OBSTRUCTING THE WAY. EMPLOYEE #1 LIFTED THE OUTRIGGER PAD, PLACING HIM DIRECTLY BENEATH THE SUSPENDED POLE. THE WINCH BRAKE FAILED AND THE LOAD STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

Keywords: head, brake, crane outrigger, work rules, construction, struck by, falling object, utility pole, winch

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	103399838			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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