OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194831
PEPCO
OLNEY, MD—
Event description
FALL FROM TRANSMISSION TOWER
Investigation abstract
A power line worker was inspecting a steel transmission line tower. He fell 6.1 meters to a brace on the inside the tower and then fell to the ground. He sustai ned a broken back and was hospitalized for his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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