OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1005651

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,AERIAL LIFT

1989-09-12T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,AERIAL LIFT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 1005651
Report ID: 253680

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Investigation abstract

A POWER LINE WORKER WAS WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT AT THE TOP OF A UTILITY POLE OWERED TO THE GROUND AND TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. AN A UTOPSY DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF DEATH TO BE ELECTROCUTION. . HE WAS INSTALLING GUIDELINES IN PREPARATION FOR NEW COMMUNICATIONS LINES. THE LINE WORKER CONTACTED AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. AN EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND SAW THE POWER LINE WORKER SLUMP OVER THE EDGE OF THE BUCKET. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND CALLED A SECOND POWER LINE WORKER, WHO WAS IN ANOTHER AERIAL LIFT NEARBY. THE SE COND POWER LINE WORKER COULD NOT REACH THE INJURED EMPLOYEE FROM HIS BUCKET BECA USE OF TREES IN THE AREA AND BECAUSE HE COULD NOT GET HIS VEHICLE CLOSE ENOUGH. THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS DEENERGIZED, AND A FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE IN A LAD DER TRUCK HELPED PUT THE INJURED LINE WORKER IN THE SECOND AERIAL LIFT. HE WAS L

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
19

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
577

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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