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Worker killed in underground accident


Man was killed after being sucked up by a take up/pay out reel on the back of a truck, commonly known as a arbor bar on a Telsta T40C or AP45.  I worked with a guy who was there.




Inspection: 301947719 - Bell Atlantic Of New Jersey Inc.
Inspection Information - Office: Hasbrouck Heights
Nr: 301947719Report ID:0214500Open Date: 12/07/1997
Bell Atlantic Of New Jersey Inc.
Paterson Plank Road
East Rutherford, NJ 07073
Union Status: Union
SIC: 4813/Telephone Communications, Except Radiotelephone
Mailing: 1500 Teaneck Road, 2nd Floor, Teaneck, NJ 07666
Inspection Type:Accident
Scope:CompleteAdvanced Notice:N
Ownership:Private
Safety/Health:SafetyClose Conference:02/26/1998
Planning Guide:Safety-Construction Close Case:04/02/1998
Related Activity:TypeIDSafetyHealth
Accident101380129

Violation Items

# ID Type Standard Issuance Abate Curr$ Init$ Fta$ Contest LastEvent
1. 01001 Serious 19260307 C02 I 02/27/1998 04/15/1998 $1900 $2500 $0
I - Informal Settlement

Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 201380128Event: 12/06/1997Telephone Company Employee Caught In Cable-Pulling Machine
Telephone company employees were preparing to pull a telephone cable through an underground duct between a manhole and an aboveground telephone cable hut. The employees first needed to pull a winch line into the duct. They attached the winch line to a synthetic mule tape, which was already inside the duct, and were pulling it approximately 300 meters from the manhole to the hut. They pulled the mule tape with the power-driven reel on their construction truck and by hand. One of the employees used the unguarded auxiliary extension shaft on a Hogg and Davis, self-loading, self-propelled, cable reel trailer (Model No. 135BHSPBW) as a horizontally oriented capstan winch. As he wound the mule tape onto the turning shaft, his hands and clothing got caught. He was pulled against the shaft and machine before his coworker stopped the machine engine. The injured employee #1 died on the scene.
Keywords:telecom work, caught by, winch, metal wire, unguarded, rotating parts

Inspection

Degree Nature Occupation
1 301947719

Fatality Asphyxia Telephone line installers and repairers


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