OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14459457
PRIMO ELECTRIC COMPANY
HAGERSTOWN, MD—
Event description
Employee Injured by Swinging Utility Pole
Investigation abstract
An electrical contractor was removing a utility pole. The 1-meter-diameter wood had been attached below the pole's center of gravity. pole was removed from the ground by a polecat hydraulic digger-derrick. The load line was attached to the pole about 1 meter from the ground, and the pole claw was about 2.1 meters from the top. The pole was pulled out of the ground and tra nsported 60 meters. Two employees were near the bottom of the pole when the pole was to be lowered to the ground. The pole came loose from the claw and pivoted on the load line. The bottom end of the pole struck an employee and hurled him i nto the boom. The employee received head and neck injuries for which he was hosp italized. The pole had been improperly pulled from the ground, and the load line
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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