OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14252001
ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,SUBSTATION,ELEC UTILITY WORK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS CALLED OUT ON A SERVICE TROUBLE CALL. THE EMPLOYEE, ALONG WITH A L STRUCTURE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED AND FELL TO GROUND ONCE THE SYSTEM TR IPPED. N OPERATIONS MANAGER, A CREW LEADER, AND AN APPRENTICE LINEMAN, TRAVELED TO A SU BSTATION TO REPLACE A BROKEN BUS AND SECURE THE AREA. REPAIRS WERE NEAR COMPLETI ON WITH THE EMPLOYEE 14 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AS HE INFORMED THE CREW LEADER THA T HE WOULD DESCEND TO ASSIST THE APPRENTICE LINEMAN. THE EMPLOYEE UNTIED HIS SAF ETY BELT, REMOVED HIS RUBBER GLOVES, AND TRAVELED ABOUT 9 FEET ACROSS THE STRUCT URE. HE THEN CLIMBED THROUGH THE STRUCTURE TO SWING AROUND TO THE OUTSIDE AND CL IMB DOWN THE TOWER. AS HE SWUNG AROUND, THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED 7200 -VOLT JUMPER WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT OR LEG WHILE HIS LEFT HAND WAS HOLDING THE STEE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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