OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14528798
I C REED & SONS INC
GREENLAND, NH—
Event description
HEAD CRUSHED BY UTILITY POLE WHICH ROLLED OFF TRAILER
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE LOADING TWO UTILITY POLES ONTO A DOLLY TYPE TRAILER. ONE POLE , WHICH WAS 45 FEET LONG, WAS BEING RIGGED AS A DRAW BAR. THE SECOND POLE WAS ON THE BUNKS OF THE DOLLY. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS FITTING A TRAILER HITCH TO THE 45 FOOT POLE. THE POLE WAS NOT PLUMB SO EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO THE AREA JUST BEHIND THE DO LLY. HE REACHED UNDER THE SECOND POLE, WHICH WAS 35 FEET LONG, WITH A PEE-WEE IN AN EFFORT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE 45 FOOT POLE. WHILE PULLING ON THE 45 FOOT POLE , THE 35 FOOT POLE ROLLED OFF THE TRAILER AND CRUSHED HIS SKULL. NEITHER POLE HA D BEEN SECURED IN ANY MANNER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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