Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201853827 - Employee crushed when caught in truck pulley system

Accident Summary Nr: 201853827 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 08/20/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306516287	08/21/2003	1623	237110	Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company

Abstract: An employee was using a winch to pull a downed telephone line. As it was pulling down, the line would then be put onto a spool on the truck. His safety harness became entangled in the line and he was pulled into spool. His skull was crushed between the spool and the truck and he died.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, TELECOM WORK, SAFETY BELT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, TRUCK, PULLEY, MOTOR VEHICLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306516287			Fatality	Fracture	Telephone line installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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