Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201405297 - Employees Suffer Fractures in Fall From Utility Pole

Accident Summary Nr: 201405297 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 06/18/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127168573	06/20/2001	1731	0	Consumer Energy

Abstract: Three employees were removing equipment from a wood utility pole. The pole broke 610 millimeters below the ground line. Two of the workers rode the pole to the ground. The other employee either fell from or was struck by the pole. All three employees received fractures, and one of them was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, UTILITY POLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000		35

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127168573	Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall, other
2	127168573	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall, other
3	127168573	Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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