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Accident: 875237 - Fall - Gaff Cutout

Accident: 875237 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 02/12/1993
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
11981026504/25/19934911Sacramento Municipal Utility District
A POWER LINE WORKER FOR AN ELECTRIC UTILITY WAS WORKING ON A UTILITY POLE, REPAIRING A LIGHTING FIXTURE. AS HE CLIMBED OVER A SERIES OF TELEPHONE CABLES THAT WERE ABOUT 28 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE GAFF ON HIS POLE CLIMBER CUT OUT. TO BRAKE HIS FALL, HE GRABBED A GUY WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. HE THEN CLIMBED DOWN THE POLE. THE STRESS ON HIS ARM DISLOCATED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, WHICH HAD BEEN WEAKENED BY TWO PREVIOUS WORK-RELATED DISLOCATIONS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED A MONTH AFTER THE ACCIDENT FOR SURGERY ON HIS SHOULDER.
Keywords: shoulder, power line worker, guy, elec utility work, fall, fall protection, utility pole
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 119810265 Hospitalized injury Dislocation Electrical power installers and repairers

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