Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170052815 - EMPLOYEE DIED AFTER FALL FROM UTILITY POLE

Accident Summary Nr: 170052815 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 01/16/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115634016	01/16/1995	1731	0	Sturgeon Electric Company, Inc.

Abstract: A power line worker was working on a utility pole. Although the employee was using appropriate safety equipment and procedures and was trained in this work, he fell 5 meters to a concrete sidewalk and asphalt street. He incurred multiple fractures in his extremities and had severe internal bleeding. He died during emergency surgery.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LOSS OF BLOOD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UTILITY POLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115634016			Fatality	Other	Electrical power installers and repairers

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