Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202478269 - Employee Fractures Vertebra When Sturck by Falling Equipment
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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316343987 | 06/05/2012 | 1794 | 238910 | Herman Weissker Inc |
Abstract: At approximately 11:50 a.m. on March 30, 2102, Employee # 1 was working with a work crew installing a wooden electrical power pole (#1567252E). Some equipment used in the task were a backhoe used to dig the hole and a boom truck crane consisting of a hoist line to lift the power pole and a claw at the tip to steady the pole while being placed it inside the excavation. While back filling the excavation with the electric pole set in place, a Southern California Edison employee, Worker #2, climbed the electric pole to release a choked sling around the pole. While doing so, a thirteen pound shackle used as part of the rigging in lifting the electrical pole was accidentally dropped approximately 20 feet and hit Employee #1 on top of his head. He spent five nights at LAC/USC Medical Center because of a fractured vertebra.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Powerline, transmission line | Other | Under $50,000 | 61 |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 316343987 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Occupation not reported |