Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171062599 - EMPLOYEE FRACTURED HIP IN FALL

Accident Summary Nr: 171062599 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 05/28/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305394553	05/30/2002	1731	0	Sturgeon Electric Co Inc

Abstract: A power line crew was on its third day working on a job. The crew was stringing AWG No. 2 aluminum alloy conductors from a horse barn to an overhead power line. The crew had connected one end of a conductor to a pole at about 10.7 meters above the ground. The conductor was being paid from a spool on the back of a truck. As one of the employees drove the truck forward, another employee followed along behind, to ensure that the cable released freely from the spool. If the cable stuck on the spool, the employee behind the truck was to notify the driver to stop the vehicle and free the cable. This employee apparently got caught on the cable as it was being paid out and fell from a height of 6.1 meters to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fracture to his right hip, right wrist, and left heel.

Keywords: FRACTURE, POWER LINE WORKER, CAUGHT BY, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, FALL, HIP, FOOT, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305394553			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electrical and electronic technicians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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