OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14248157
WARREN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
YOUNGSVILLE, PA—
Event description
UTILITY POLES FELL FROM TRAILER BED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
An employee was unloading utility poles from a flatbed tractor-trailer. The load broke loose, causing several utility poles to fall from the trailer. The poles struck and killed the employee.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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