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Inspection Information - Office: Kansas City | ||||
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| Nr: 100920198 | Report ID: 0728500 | Open Date: 04/17/1989 | ||
| Farmer'S Electric Cooperative, Inc. | ||||
| 3 Miles N On Highway 65 Chillicothe, MO 64601 | Union Status: Union | |||
| SIC: 4911/Electric Services | ||||
| Mailing: Highway 36 East, Box 680, Chillicothe, MO 64601 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Complete | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 04/18/1989 | |
| Close Case: | 05/10/1989 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 360354120 | |||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 14505598 | Event: 04/13/1989 | Fall - Utility Pole Fell Due To Loss Of Guy | ||||
| A CREW OF EMPLOYEES FOR A COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY WAS REPLACING A POLE AND UPGRADING A SERVICE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES, WHO HAD WORKED FOR THE COOPERATIVE FOR 21 YEARS, CLIMBED THE POLE TO ASSIST ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT. THE EMPLOYEE IN THE AERIAL LIFT WAS REMOVING THE SERVICE CONDUCTORS FROM THE POLE. WHEN THE SERVICE CONDUCTORS WERE REMOVED, AN ANCHOR ROD PULLED OUT, AND THE POLE FELL TO THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE POLE FELL WITH IT. THE POLE LANDED ON HIS CHEST. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE DRIVE AS HE LANDED, DIED OF HIS INJURIES. | ||||||
| Keywords: head, overhead power line, power line worker, guy, elec utility work, fall, utility pole | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 100920198 | Fatality | Other | Electrical power installers and repairers | ||