OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526412
ROBSTONE COMPANY
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL—
Event description
FALL - CLIMBER CUT OUT WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING POLE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE OF AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR WAS REPLACING A UTILITY POLE. WHEN HE WA S AT THE TOP OF THE POLE TRANSFERRING THE TREE SECTION, HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFET Y BELT AND STRAP. HE CLIMBED DOWN TO A POINT ABOUT 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHER E SOME OVERHEAD LINES WERE INSTALLED ON THE POLE. HE RELEASED THE SAFETY STRAP T O CLIMB AROUND THE LINES AND USED HIS POLE CLIMBERS TO DESCEND FARTHER. HIS CLIM BERS APPARENTLY CUT OUT, AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND AND DIED FROM THE INJURIES HE RECEIVED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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