Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201174190 - Employee killed in fall with electric pole

Accident Summary Nr: 201174190 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/01/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120349238	10/02/2003	1731	238210	Mountain Power Construction Co.

Abstract: On October 1, 2003, Employee #1, a foreman for a company that installs electrical equipment, was part of a crew that was erecting a new electric pole. They used a backhoe bucket and boom to set the 40 ft pole into a hole. With the backhoe supporting the pole and making it plumb, Employee #1 climbed the pole and removed the chain holding the bucket and pole together. He was at the top reinstalling the electrical wire on the pole's cross-arm insulators when the pole fell over. Employee #1 died of injuries sustained when the pole struck the ground.

Keywords: POWER LINE WORKER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, UTILITY POLE, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120349238			Fatality	Other	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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