Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221488968

L08P FIBER LLC

Event
Automobile, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught By, Chest, Communication Cable, Fracture, Highway Shoulder, Installing, Optical Fiber Cable, Rib, Struck By, Tire
NAICS
238210
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346153042
Employer profile
L08P FIBER LLC
Summary number
221488968
Report ID
0418600

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by cable

Investigation abstract

At 2:45 p.m. on August 16, 2022, an employee was acting as ground hand for the in installation of pole mounted fiber optic line where the crew was preparing to raise a steel cable that been laid across the road. The employee exited the work truck and was preparing to place cones around the truck and on the cable when a car passing through the work zone caught the cable on one of its wheels which caused it to strike the employee and crush him between the rear of the truck and the cable. The employee died due to chest trauma and broken ribs.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 23 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    7055

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