OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14415145
E J JONES CONSTRUCTION CO
KIRKSVILLE, MO—
Event description
UTILITY POLE STRUCK BACK OF EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO A CREW REMOVING UTILITY POLES FOR A DEMOLITION CONTR ACTOR. THE FIRST POLE OF THE DAY WAS HOISTED FROM THE GROUND BY A DERRICK TRUCK. THE POLE, WHICH WAS 35 FEET LONG, WAS TOP HEAVY AS IT CAME OUT, CAUSING IT TO T URN OVER. AS THE POLE TOP HIT THE PAVEMENT, THE SLING AND HOOK HOLDING THE POLE UNFASTENED. THE ENTIRE POLE THEN FELL, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO RUPTURE HIS ABDOMINAL WALL AND CAUSE EJECTION OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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