Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201069051 - Employee killed in fall from utility tower

Accident Summary Nr: 201069051 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 08/29/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307031419	08/29/2005	1711	238210	Wilson Construction

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on August 29, 2005, Employee #1, a journeyman electrician with an electrical utility contractor, was part of a four-man crew removing the top third of a disconnected high-voltage electrical tower to retrofit it. He had finished unbolting his corner and was going to help a coworker at an adjacent corner. He removed a set of bolts that secured the horizontal structural element to which he was tied off. Once the bolts were removed, the structural element pulled away from the tower. Employee #1 fell approximately 70 ft to the ground and was killed.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, POWER LINE WORKER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF, TOWER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		130	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307031419			Fatality	Other	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 70 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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