Fractures

Name: Fractures at Public Service Company of Oklahoma (AEP)
Start: 4/30/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017043806 · 4/30/2017 · Public Service Company of Oklahoma (AEP)

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
Source: Utility and telephone poles

Employer

Name: Public Service Company of Oklahoma (AEP)
Location: Field South of Jay, OK, JAY, OKLAHOMA, 74346
NAICS: 221119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working from a pole that had just been set in wet and muddy ground. The employee was making the second power line connection when the pole began to lean. The pole slowly leaned to approximately 10 feet from the ground then fell over with the employee still attached to the pole. The employee suffered broken ribs.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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