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Accident: 116866.015 - Two Employees Are Killed When Crushed By Falling Utility Pol

Accident: 116866.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 06/01/2019
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1405935.01506/01/2019Jrd, Llc.
At 3:45 p.m. on June 1, 2019, Employees #1 and #2, employed by a construction company, were preparing to install power transmission lines. Using a loader, they were in the process of unloading a utility pole from a flatbed truck when the pole came off the loader's forks and fell. The pole struck and fatally crushed both employees.
Keywords: crushing, unsecured, aerial lift, crushed, flatbed truck, power lines, rigging, loader, installing, falling object, construction, unstable load, struck by
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Powerline, transmission line New project or new addition   X
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1405935.015 50 M Fatality Other Equipment Operator: Heavy
2 1405935.015 31 M Fatality Other Equipment Operator: Heavy

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