OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14240907
ELECTRICAL,CPR,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,E PTD
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING TRANSFORMERS ON A POLE. THE PRIMARY OVERHEAD POWER E THIRD PHASE CONDUCTOR. HE THEN MOVED TO THE SECOND (CENTER) PHASE CONDUCTOR. A S THE TAP TOUCHED THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR, THE JUMPER BROKE LOOSE FROM THE TAP, WAS THROWN AROUND THE THIRD JUMPER, AND THEN TOUCHED THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS RIGHT P ECTORAL MUSCLE. THE ELECTRIC SHOCK HE RECEIVED CAUSED HIM TO FALL OFF THE POLE A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 22 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND APPLIED CAR DIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION, AND THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS REVIVED. UNFORTUNATELY , HE DIED ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER OF ELECTROCUTION. LINE WAS 12 KILOVOLTS, PHASE TO PHASE, AND 7250 VOLTS PHASE TO GROUND. ONE OF TH E POWER LINE WORKERS CLIMBED THE POLE WEARING A BODY BELT AND CLIMBERS. HE POSIT IONED HIMSELF ON THE CROSSARM TO START REPLACING THE TRANSFORMERS. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND TIED REPLACEMENT TRANSFORMERS ONTO A HAND LINE AND UNTIED THE EXIS TING TRANSFORMERS AS THEY WERE RAISED AND LOWERED BY THE LINE WORKER ON THE POLE . AFTER THREE TRANSFORMERS HAD BEEN PLACED IN POSITION, THE EMPLOYEE ON THE POLE CONNECTED THE CONDUCTORS TO THE TRANSFORMER, THEN INSTALLED THE HOT TAPS. USING A SHOTGUN STICK, THE EMPLOYEE OPENED THE DOORS ON THE KNOCKOUTS, THEN TAPPED TH
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- 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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