OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14264170
BOATEL, INC.
PAGE, AZ·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURN - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON TOP OF A HOUSEBOAT, 16 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMP LOYEE CONTACTED A 12-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL TO T HE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED SEVERE BURNS TO HIS HEAD, TO BOTH HANDS AND AR MS, AND TO HIS LEFT LEG, AND HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR THESE INJURIES. THE EMPLOYE E LANDED IN SANDY SOIL, SO HE WAS NOT FURTHER INJURED BY THE FALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 725
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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