Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202329678 - EMPLOYEE CATAPULTED FROM AERIAL LIFT BUCKET

Accident Summary Nr: 202329678 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 10/01/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305585713	10/08/2002	4911	0	W.A. Chester, L.L.C.

Abstract: An employee was removing an underground power line cable. He had secured the cable to the boom of an aerial lift. He was in the aerial lift bucket, using the boom to pull the cable from the ground. The cable broke, catapulting the employee from the bucket. He struck an overhead communication line on a nearby utility pole and fell 4.5 meters to the ground. He was hospitalized with multiple fractures of his back and pelvis.

Keywords: EJECTED, FRACTURE, ELECTRIC CABLE, OVERLOADED, BACK, PELVIS, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305585713			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electrical power installers and repairers

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