Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96144.015 - Employee installing utility pole incurs multiple fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 96144.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 06/02/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1237894.015	06/07/2017		237130	North Houston Pole Line, L.P.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on June 2, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, employed by a construction company, were engaged in setting a new Class 2 wooden utility pole. Coworker #1 was operating a digger derrick to move the pole. Employee #1 was assisting. Employee #1 was changing positions from one end of the pole to the other and was walking between the pole and the digger derrick. Coworker #1 released the machine's claws. The pole swung and pinned Employee #1 between the butt end of the pole and the digger derrick. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for crushing injuries, including a fractured ulna and shattered radius in his forearm, fractured ribs, and a collapsed lung.

Keywords: Caught Between, Construction, Crushed, Digger/Derrick, Forearm, Fracture, Installing, Lung, Rib, Utility Pole

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1237894.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical Power-Line

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