OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14241145
OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY
SHAWNEE, OK·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD POWER LINE
Investigation abstract
A FOUR-MAN CREW RESPONDED TO AN EMERGENCY CALL THAT POWER LINES WERE DOWN IN A R ESIDENTIAL AREA. THE FOREMAN INSTRUCTED AN EMPLOYEE AND A COWORKER TO SPLICE THE DAMAGED LINE, BUT TO TAKE CAUTION AND TREAT THE LINE AS ENERGIZED. A THIRD EMPL OYEE WAS TO GO UP IN AN AERIAL LIFT AND CUT THE LINES FROM THE POLE. BEFORE THE LINES COULD BE DEENERGIZED, THE FIRST EMPLOYEE BACKED INTO THE ENERGIZED LINE AN D WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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