OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001890

ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,LIVE-LINE TOOL,E PTD,SUBSTATION,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

1987-07-22T00:00:00

Event: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,LIVE-LINE TOOL,E PTD,SUBSTATION,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 1001890
Report ID: 751910

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE CONDUCTOR THRU JUMPER

Investigation abstract

A power line worker was to close a three-phase switch located 9.7 kilometers sou th of a substation. He was then to drive to the substation and open another swit ch. The employee arrived at the substation and opened six switches instead of ju st the one. The power line worker was subsequently informed of an outage east of the substation. He tried to restore power by installing jumper cables. As he wa s installing a jumper with a live-line tool, the jumper touched the employee whi le it was in contact with an energized conductor. The employee was electrocuted.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
577

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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