Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1529444.015 - Commonwealth Edison Company Dba Comed

Inspection Information - Office: Naperville Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1529444.015

Report ID: 0521400

Date Opened: 05/06/2021

Site Address:
Commonwealth Edison Company Dba Comed
403 Energy Av
Rockford, IL 61109

Mailing Address:
2 Lincoln Center, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

Union Status: Union

SIC:

NAICS: 221122/Electric Power Distribution

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/26/2021

Emphasis: L:Fall

Case Closed: 08/27/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1762965	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 138333.015

Event: 04/30/2021

Employee sustains several fractures in fall off utility pole

At 11:11 a.m. on April 30, 2021, an employee training to be a lineman for an electric company was positioning himself on a wooden utility pole. The employee accidentally cut a component of his lineman's belt and fell to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized to treat bilateral compound foot and leg fractures and a fracture to his L4 vertebrae in his spine.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Compound Fracture, Cutting, Elec Utility Work, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Foot, Fracture, Ground, Inexperience, Leg, Overhead Power Line, Positioning, Power Line Worker, Spine, Training, Utility, Utility Pole, Vertebra

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1529444.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury

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