OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400212
MCLEOD ELECTRIC CO INC
DALLAS, TX—
Event description
Employee killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Two employees working for an electrical contractor had set a 12.2-meter-long alu minum extension ladder against a utility pole. They were setting up a pulley wit h an attached chain to pull service conductors through a 76-millimeter-diameter conduit. One of the employees climbed to the top of the ladder with the 6.8-kilo gram chain. As he reached up to run the chain through the U-bolt, he lost consci ousness, slumping against the ladder and then falling about 9.1 meters to the gr ound. He died of his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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