OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14291793

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

1988-07-13T00:00:00

Event: METAL WIRE,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IC
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14291793
Report ID: 355118

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL ROD

Investigation abstract

An ironworker was sitting on a beam about 24.4 meters (80 feet) above the ground , installing 3.3-meter-long (10.9-foot-long), 13-millimeter-diameter (0.5-inch-d iameter) sag rods. A 19.9-kilovolt overhead power line was located about 2.7 met ers (9 feet) above him. A sag rod that the employee was installing contacted the power line, and the employee was electrocuted. (He also fell to the ground.)

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 33 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
19

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
597

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
13

Hazardous substance
8870

Task assigned
1

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