OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235972
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,AGRICULTURE,ELECTROCUTED,PIPE,E AG
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU MATERIAL
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN A FIELD "BUCKING HAY". HIS EMPLOYER, WHO WAS WORKING WITH HIM, WENT TO GET A JUG OF WATER. THE EMPLOYER WAS GONE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES . UPON HIS RETURN, HE FOUND THE EMPLOYEE LYING ON THE GROUND WITH A LONG ALUMINU M POLE ACROSS HIS RIGHT ARM. THE INITIAL REPORT FROM THE EMPLOYER TO THE SHERIFF 'S DEPARTMENT WAS THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAD FALLEN AND WAS HAVING A HARD TIME BREATH ING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE THE EMPLOYEE, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, WAS MOVING THE ALUMINUM POLE AND INADVERTENTLY BROUGHT IT IN CONTACT WITH A 69- KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 15 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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