Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 667303 - UTILITY WORKER KILLED WHEN HE FELL AND POLE FELL ONTO HIM

Accident Summary Nr: 667303 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 06/01/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102864535	06/02/1988	1623	0	Seaward Corporation
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102863396	06/02/1988	1623	0	U.E.C., Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED A UTILITY POLE WHICH WAS MARKED AS DEFECTIVE. THE POLE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CLIMBED WITHOUT BEING SECURED AGAINST FALLING. WHILE HE WAS ON THIS POLE, EMPLOYEE #1 TRANSFERRED CONDUCTORS TO ANOTHER POLE. WHEN THE LAST OF THREE CONDUCTORS WAS BEING TRANSFERRED, THE POLE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON FELL WITH HIM ON THE POLE. EMPLOYEE #1 STRUCK THE GROUND FIRST, THEN THE POLE STRUCK AND KILLED HIM. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT ASCERTAIN THE EXACT DEFECT OF THE POLE OR SECURE IT FROM FALLING.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CRUSHED, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UTILITY POLE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102864535					Occupation Not Listed
2	102863396			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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