Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200358430 - Employee Is Killed When Thrown from Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200358430 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 04/20/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314372921	04/20/2010	1731	238210	Pike Electric, Inc.

Abstract: At or around 9:30 a.m. on April 20, 2010, Employee #1 was thrown from the operator's seat of a "Digger Derrick" truck while attempting to lift an engineered steel pole with the crane located at the rear of the truck. Employee #1 was killed in the incident.

Keywords: EJECTED, VEHICLE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, METAL POLE, AERIAL LIFT, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		140	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314372921			Fatality	Other	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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