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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14253074

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,METAL POLE,E GI IC

Event
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,METAL POLE,E GI IC
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14253074
Report ID
453710

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU FLAG POLE

Investigation abstract

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ERECTING DECORATIVE "WELCOME" FLAGS AT THE ENTRANCE GATES TO THE 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD LINE ABOUT 1 FOOT BELOW THE TOP OF THE POLE, ELECTROCUTIN G THE EMPLOYEE. NEITHER EMPLOYEE HAD RECEIVED ANY INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING WORK P RACTICES TO BE USED NEAR THE POWER LINES. THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIRGROUNDS. THE FLAGS, WHICH HAD BEEN LOADED ONTO A TR UCK, WERE ATTACHED TO 21-FOOT-LONG, 1.375-INCH-DIAMETER METAL PIPES. AT ONE OF T HE GATES, AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE RAN PARALLEL TO AND ABOUT 10 FEET INSIDE OF THE CHAIN LINK FENCE ON WHICH THE FLAGS WERE BEING MOUNTED. THE TWO EMPLOYEES HAD A LREADY ERECTED TWO FLAGS TO THE LEFT OF THE GATE AND ONE TO THE RIGHT. ONE OF TH E EMPLOYEES PREPARED THE CLAMPS FOR THE NEXT FLAG POLE, WHILE HIS COWORKER WENT TO THE TRUCK TO RETRIEVE THE FLAG. UPON UNLOADING THE FLAG POLE, THIS EMPLOYEE T HEN CARRIED IT IN A VERTICAL POSITION TOWARDS THE GATE. THE FLAG POLE CONTACTED

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    6
    Source
    15
    Occupation code
    469
    Human factor
    20
    Environmental factor
    8
    Hazardous substance
    8870
    Task assigned
    1

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