OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237424
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,TREE TRIMMING,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AERIAL LIFT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN AERIAL LIFT TRIMMING TREES ABOVE AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. H E MOVED THE LIFT SO THAT ITS BOOM CONTACTED THE LINE, ENERGIZING THE AERIAL LIFT TRUCK. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS LEANING AGAINST THE TRUCK, WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 495
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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