Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201632031 - Employee Fractures Arm in Fall Into Underground Vault

Accident Summary Nr: 201632031 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 08/07/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304616998	08/24/2001	4911	0	Enron Corp

Abstract: Employee #1 was the leader of a crew installing an underground electric cable in a vault. The machine pulling the cable broke down, so the crew cut the line and spliced it. They attached the spliced portion to the back of a pickup truck and started to pull cable again. As the pull started, Employee #1 stepped back from the bight that had been created, not noticing an open vault behind him. He fell backward into the approximately 2.1-meter-deep vault and sustained a fracture to his right arm. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ELECTRICAL VAULT, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTRIC CABLE, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, ARM, WALKING BACKWARD, UNDRGRD POWER LINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304616998			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; electricians & power transm. install.

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