OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14269930
ELECTRICAL,TELECOM WORK,CABLE TV WORK,E TC,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,UTILITY POLE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL FROM UTILITY POLE
Investigation abstract
Two cable television cable installers were installing a cable on a utility pole. One of the employees was working from an aerial lift; the other was working fro m the pole (using a body belt, positioning strap and climbers). The employee on the pole either lost his grip or received an electric shock and fell to the grou nd. He died of injuries he sustained in the fall.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 533
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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