OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #630012
PLACENDO FARM
NEWFIELD, NJ—
Event description
Employee dies 11 months after fall from telephone pole
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was approximately 20 ft high on a telephone pole performing a routin e service/maintenance job. He fell, striking his head on the sidewalk. Employee #1 was in a coma for about 11 months before he died of complications. According to the police report and other information gathered, the employee was wearing th e required ppe including a pole climber's body belt. Weather conditions that day could have been a factor in the accident. The day was extremely hot and humid. The exact cause of the fall can not be determined due to the lack of evidence an d the time of the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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