Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170167571 - Employee injured in fall from cellular phone pole

Accident Summary Nr: 170167571 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 11/05/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120163894	11/14/1996	1799	0	Locate Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a field technician, was installing cable on a monopole cellular phone antenna. He was wearing a seat harness with the lanyard tied off to a 4 ft pipe, which was part of one of the arrays. The harness came loose from the lanyard and he fell 37 ft onto a concrete pad. He suffered multiple fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TELECOM WORK, WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LANYARD, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120163894			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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