Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170626824 - Employee injured when struck by utility pole

Accident Summary Nr: 170626824 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 06/20/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125748608	07/06/2001	1623	0	Granite Construction Co.

Abstract: On June 20, 2001, Employee #1, the foreman, and two other employees, a laborer and a water truck driver, were trimming tree limbs. Employee #1 was using a chain saw. Since some of the cut limbs were large and cumbersome, Employee #1 hooked up a chain from the water truck to the tree limbs and was having them dragged away. As they were being dragged, several tree limbs caught a guy attached to a 35-foot utility pole. The pole toppled over and onto Employee #1's head. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a fractured shoulder. Employee #1 was wearing a hard hat.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, HARD HAT, STRUCK BY, UTILITY POLE, TREE TRIMMING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125748608			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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