Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200604544 - Employee Dies in Fall from Aerial Lift

Accident Summary Nr: 200604544 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 05/07/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314298969	05/07/2010	1731	238210	Dod Network Enterprise Center, 106th Signal Bde

Abstract: A communication cable splicer was repairing a communication cable at an Army base. He was approximately 4 meters above the ground in an aerial lift, installing a guy for a utility pole. The guy spanned a four-lane roadway. A large cargo truck approached the low-hanging guy. According to the truck driver, the cable splicer motioned the truck driver through as he raised the guy over the top of the truck. As the truck accelerated, the top of the truck caught the guy and pulled the cable splicer out of the aerial lift bucket. The cable splicer fell to the ground. He died of injuries sustained in the fall.

Keywords: TELECOM WORK, TRUCK, GUY, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, AERIAL LIFT, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314298969			Fatality	Other	Telephone line installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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