Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200741833 - Employee killed in fall with aerial bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200741833 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 11/16/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307536706	11/17/2004	1731	238210	Par Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: On November 16, 2004, Employee #1, a lineman, was using an aerial lift bucket to remove an old 34.5 kilovolt conduit from a pole that was being replaced. The lowering of the conduit caused a shift in the stress loads on another pole. This second pole fell over, pulling on the other two conductor lines on the pole where Employee #1 was working. The upper portion of his pole snapped off under the stress and struck the lift bucket, shearing it from the boom's arm. Employee #1, who was tied into the bucket, fell 30 ft to the asphalt. He sustained brain injuries and blunt trauma to the head, and was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, POWER LINE WORKER, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, SHEARED, AERIAL LIFT, OVERTURN

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		30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307536706			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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