OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14252217
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULBS FOR STREET LIGHTING AT A SHOPPING CENTER. H E MOVED HIS AERIAL LADDER INTO LOCATION WITH ITS METAL LADDER AND BOOM CABLE IN THE UPRAISED POSITION. WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE, THE BOOM CABLE HAD CONTACTED A 12- KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF THE TRUCK, HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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