Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201799020 - Employee injured when struck by falling crossarm

Accident Summary Nr: 201799020 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 12/20/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301333852	12/31/2004	1731	238210	Asplundh Tree Expert Co.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on December 20, 2004, Employee #1 was working as a groundsman in the back yard of a residence. Two coworkers, both linemen, were preparing to lower a piece of lumber that had been used as a temporary crossarm on a utility pole. Employee #1 was holding the rope that would be used to lower the crossarm, and the two linemen were on the electrical pole tying the rope. After the linemen placed the rope around the crossarm, the board moved and the rope slipped off of it. The crossarm fell, bouncing off the top of a block fence and then striking the front side of Employee #1's hard hat. He suffered a fractured skull, for which he was hospitalized. The employer was a contractor that maintained, repaired, and constructed poles and overhead electrical wires for utility companies.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CROSSARM, SKULL, ELEC UTILITY WORK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UTILITY POLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301333852			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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