OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14289359
TERRY'S TREE SERVICE
FALLS CHURCH, VA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A NURSERY WORKER WAS 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND IN A LARGE OAK TREE TRIMMING BRANC HES. THE TREE WAS IN THE FRONT YARD OF A RESIDENCE. TO TRIM ONE OF THE BRANCHES AWAY FROM A 19.9-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, HE CLIMBED OUT ON THE BRANCH TOWA RD THE POWER LINE. IN CLIMBING OUT ALONG THE BRANCH, HE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. THERE WERE BURN MARKS ON HIS RIGHT ARM , RIGHT THIGH, LEFT HAND, LEFT LEG, AND RIGHT HEEL. (THE EMPLOYEE ALSO FELL FROM THE TREE, BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF DEATH--NO FRACTURES WERE IN EVIDENCE.)
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 484
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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