Inspection Detail

Inspection: 302659461 - Red Simpson, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Fort Worth Area Office

Investigation Summary

Three employees were installing seven utility poles for an overhead power line. The employees had installed two poles and were moving their vehicles down the line to drop the third pole at the next location. Each crewmember drove a vehicle. The foreman drove a pickup. Another crewmember drove a digger-derrick with a trailer transporting the 13.7-meter-long poles, which weighed about 725 kilograms apiece. The third crewmember drove an aerial lift truck. The foreman and the digger-derrick driver parked their trucks and began to unload the pole. Each of the two employees pulled a 610-millimeter-long stake pin holding the poles onto the trailer. The foreman used a cant hook to dislodge the pole from the trailer. As the pole was rolling off the trailer, the third employee walked around the corner of the load. The pole struck him across the chest, knocked him to the ground, and rolled across his head, killing him.

Keywords: HEAD, POWER LINE WORKER, CRUSHED, ELEC UTILITY WORK, OFF LOADING, TRAILER, UTILITY POLE