Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14519227 - Employee killed by falling conductor-stringing block

Accident Summary Nr: 14519227 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 10/05/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100262419	10/09/1985	1623	0	Highlines Construction Co

Abstract: Employee #1 was working with a four-man crew erecting 65 ft high steel electric transmission towers. A framing crew usually put the towers together on the ground with crossarm strings of insulators, and conductor-stringing blocks on the ends of the insulators (bales). There was a ball and socket connector on top of the stringing block and on the bottom of the bales that should have been secured with a stainless steel cotter key. Instead, it was held in place with black electrical tape. While the crew was erecting a tower, a conductor-stringing block fell approximately 65 ft, striking Employee #1 on the head and killing him

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, TRANSMISSION TOWER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100262419			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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