OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14236525

ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,HARD HAT,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,UTILITY POLE

1987-05-15T00:00:00

Event: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,HARD HAT,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,UTILITY POLE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14236525
Report ID: 953210

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Investigation abstract

AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A UTILITY POLE REPLACING A TRANSFORMER AND OTHER RELA EMPLOYEE HAD MAINTAINED A 3-FOOT CLEARANCE BEFORE REPOSITIONING HIMSELF. THE LI NES HAD NOT BEEN BLANKETED, BUT THE WORKERS WERE WEARING HARD HATS AND LEATHER W ORK GLOVES. TED ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER LINE WORKER. AS A LIGHTNING ROD WAS BEING HOISTED UP TO THE OTHER LINE WORKER, THE FI RST EMPLOYEE DECIDED THAT THE OTHER LINE WORKER NEEDED HELP AND ATTEMPTED TO REP OSITION HIMSELF. HE TRIED TO PASS BETWEEN A 4-FOOT SPAN SEPARATING THE NEUTRAL L INE AND THE 14-KILOVOLT PHASE CONDUCTOR. THE EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HARD HAT ON AN UNKNOWN OBJECT, AND THE HARD HAT FELL FROM HIS HEAD. HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH HIS H ARD HAT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, BUT INSTEAD CONTACTED THE 14-KILOVOLT LINE, CAUSING AN ELECTRIC SHOCK TO HIS RIGHT HAND. THE CURRENT EXITED VIA HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
19

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
577

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
18

Hazardous substance
8870

Task assigned
1

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