OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237168
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,AERIAL LIFT,BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AERIAL LIFT
Investigation abstract
A POWER LINE CREW WAS MOVING AN EXISTING 7600-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE TO NEW PO THE APPRENTICE LINEMAN WAS TOUCHING THE TRUCK AT THAT TIME, AND THE CURRENT TRA VELED TO GROUND THROUGH HIM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. SITIONS ON POLES TO MAKE ROOM FOR A NEW OVERHEAD LINE. TWO LINEMEN WERE IN THE B UCKET OF A FORD AERIAL LIFT TRUCK BEING USED TO RAISE THEM TO THE WORK LOCATION. (BECAUSE THERE WAS A DITCH ON ONE SIDE OF THE POWER LINE AND A FENCE ON THE OTH ER SIDE, THE TRUCK WAS PARKED PARALLEL TO AND UNDER THE POWER LINE. THE GROUNDIN G SYSTEM OF THE TRUCK, THOUGH IN GOOD CONDITION, WAS NOT USED.) ANOTHER EMPLOYEE , AN APPRENTICE LINEMAN, WAS ON THE GROUND AT THE REAR OF THE TRUCK UNDER THE BU CKET. AS THE LINEMAN RAISED THE ELBOW END OF THE BOOM, BEFORE RAISING THE BUCKET END, THE METAL OF THE ELBOW CONTACTED THE 7600-VOLT LINE, ENERGIZING THE TRUCK.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- 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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