OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14289615

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,EXTENSION HANDLE,PAINTER,UNTRAINED,E GI IB,SCAFFOLD

1988-07-06T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,EXTENSION HANDLE,PAINTER,UNTRAINED,E GI IB,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14289615
Report ID: 355111

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL POLE

Investigation abstract

A painter was working from a scaffold, painting the exterior of a building. He w as using a roller brush attached to a 3.7-meter-long aluminum handle. A 19.9-kil ovolt overhead power line was located 6.8 meters above the ground near the scaff old. The scaffold was 1.6 meters above the ground and 2.6 meters below the power line. The employee was electrocuted when the aluminum handle contacted the powe r line while he was painting. The employee had not been trained in hazard recogn ition or accident prevention.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
579

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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