Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14512651 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY VEHICLE BREAKING THRU ICE

Accident Summary Nr: 14512651 -- Report ID: 0523310 -- Event Date: 03/12/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101660561	03/13/1987	4911	0	Polk Burnett Electric Cooperative

Abstract: A power line worker for an electric utility was operating a tracked digger derrick being used to dig holes for utility poles. A chain saw had been used to cut two holes in the ice of a pond, one for the pole and one for the guy anchor. (The ice was about 630 millimeters thick.) As the employees began removing the auger from the digger, water started welling up through the holes. The vehicle started to settle as water covered the ice. The line worker, although told not to, tried to move the vehicle. The vehicle then began to break through the ice, prompting him to jump clear. Unfortunately, he jumped in the same direction as the vehicle was tipping and was caught and crushed between the vehicle's left canopy edge and the edge of the ice hole.

Keywords: POWER LINE WORKER, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, UNSTABLE SURFACE, ELEC UTILITY WORK, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101660561			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Electrical power installers and repairers

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