Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14459457 - Employee Injured by Swinging Utility Pole

Accident Summary Nr: 14459457 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 01/09/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14841704	03/12/1984	1731	0	Primo Electric Company

Abstract: An electrical contractor was removing a utility pole. The 1-meter-diameter wood pole was removed from the ground by a polecat hydraulic digger-derrick. The load line was attached to the pole about 1 meter from the ground, and the pole claw was about 2.1 meters from the top. The pole was pulled out of the ground and transported 60 meters. Two employees were near the bottom of the pole when the pole was to be lowered to the ground. The pole came loose from the claw and pivoted on the load line. The bottom end of the pole struck an employee and hurled him into the boom. The employee received head and neck injuries for which he was hospitalized. The pole had been improperly pulled from the ground, and the load line had been attached below the pole's center of gravity.

Keywords: DIGGER-DERRICK, HEAD, RIGGING, ELEC UTILITY WORK, MECH MAT HANDLING, NECK, STRUCK BY, LOAD LINE, UTILITY POLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14841704			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electricians

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