OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14247142
C. K. COMPOSITES INCORPORATED
MOUNT PLEASANT, PA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
Three summer employees of a porcelain electrical supply manufacturer were repair ower line. He received an electric shock and burns on his right upper arm. He wa s hospitalized for his injuries. ing a gutter on the north side of a building. One of them was lying on the roof. He got into a kneeling position and contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line. (The burns on the employee's body indicated that he contacted the power line wit h his lower neck and upper chest.) He was electrocuted. The power line was 1.2 m eters (3.9 feet) from the top of the roof. The employee became immobilized and t hen fell about 6.4 meters (21 feet) to the ground after the weight of his body c aused the power line to break. A second employee was in an aerial lift directly below the fallen worker. The employee in the aerial lift was hit by the broken p
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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