Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 170402341 - Employee killed when crushed under falling telephone pole
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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106939440 | 05/29/1997 | 1731 | 0 | Chautauqua & Erie Telephone Corporation |
Abstract: Employee #1, a lineman with a local telephone service provider, had climbed a telephone pole to remove a cable and transfer it to a new pole. Once he removed the cable, the now unsupported pole broke at approximately 6 in. to 8 in. below ground level and fell on top of him. Employee #1 was crushed and killed. The pole was weakened from substantial rotting of the core below ground level.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Other building | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 60 | X |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 106939440 | Fatality | Other | Construction trades, n.e.c. | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating |