OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237127
H CASTILLO PAINT CONTRACTOR
HOUSTON, TX·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING AN ALUMINUM LADDER ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF A BUILDING. HE HA D BEEN CAULKING THE BUILDING SO THAT HE COULD PAINT IT. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS MO VING THE LADDER, IT CONTACTED A 35,000-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND, AND THE LADDER BECAME WELDED TO THE POWER LINE WITH ITS FEET ON T HE GROUND. THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY AND THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES HEARD A LOUD ZAP A ND CAME RUNNING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. A FEW FEET FROM THE LADDER, THE OWNER STAR TED TO ASSIST THE INJURED EMPLOYEE. HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRIC FIELD GRADIENTS IN THE EARTH AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, W HO WAS STANDING NEARBY, WAS UNABLE TO MOVE HIS FEET AND RECEIVED ELECTRIC BURNS.
Victims (5)
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 19
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 7
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 16
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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