Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201405669 - Employee Was Killed When Utility Pole Failed

Accident Summary Nr: 201405669 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 10/01/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127084663	10/02/2001	1731	0	Mj Electric Inc

Abstract: An employee was working on a 66-year-old utility pole. The pole failed, and the employee fell to the ground. The pole fell on top of him, crushing him to death.

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

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127084663			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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