OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14241137
OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
ENID, OK·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY OVERHEAD POWER LINES BEING STRUNG
Investigation abstract
ON DECEMBER 2, 1986, AT ABOUT 2:15 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING BY THE NORTH RAI LING OF A ROADWAY UNDERPASS. THE REMAINING 5 CREWMEMBERS WERE LOCATED ON THE SOU TH SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, FRAMING A TELEPHONE/ELECTRICAL POLE FOR INSTALLATION. CO NDUCTORS FOR THE POLE HAD BEEN STRUNG ACROSS THE SOUTH SIDE RAILING, ACROSS THE ROADWAY AND UP OVER A CONDUCTOR ON A LIGHT POLE. A WEST BOUND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE CAUGHT THE CONDUCTORS STRUNG ACROSS THE ROADWAY. THE CONDUCTORS STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST, BREAKING RIBS AND DAMAGING A LUNG. HE SUFFERED HEART FAILURE. ATTEMPTS TO RESUSCITATE THE EMPLOYEE FAILED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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