OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214704
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A CREW OF ELECTRIC UTILITY EMPLOYEES WAS REPLACING A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LI NE. THE CREW FOREMAN OPENED A CUTOUT THAT HE THOUGHT CONTROLLED THE LINE. THE FO REMAN CHECKED A METER ON A HOUSE FARTHER UP THE LINE AND FOUND THE METER TO BE D EENERGIZED. HOWEVER, HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD DISCONNECTED T HE TRANSFORMER TO THIS METER. THINKING THE LINE TO BE WORKED WAS DEENERGIZED, TH E FOREMAN ORDERED WORK TO CONTINUE. WHEN AN EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WORKING FROM A UTIL ITY POLE CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE, HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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