Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202044616 - EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM AERIAL LIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 202044616 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 01/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303455711	01/10/2002	1623	0	L.M.S. Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: A telephone line worker was in an aerial lift, raising a telephone line on a pole to accommodate the installation of a cable television line. Working on a corner pole, he raised the aerial lift bucket to the phone line and began loosening the bolt holding the telephone cable clamp to the pole. The employee, who was not using personal fall arrest equipment, placed the cable in rollers attached to the side of the bucket and started to lift the cable to relieve the tension from the bolt. The line tension pulled the cable from the pole, and the cable pulled the employee from the bucket. He landed 6.4 meters from the foot of the pole and sustained multiple blunt trauma injuries. He died of his injuries early the next morning.

Keywords: TELECOM WORK, COMMUNICATION CABLE, UNSECURED, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, AERIAL LIFT, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303455711			Fatality	Fracture	Telephone line installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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