OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295323
BURN,SURVEYOR,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC SHOCK,E GI IC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU ROD
Investigation abstract
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE SURVEYING A WOODED AREA SO THAT THE AREA COULD BE GRADED FOR A ROAD. ONE EMPLOYEE (THE RODMAN) WAS HOLDING A 15-FOOT WOODEN ROD OVER HIS HEAD SO THAT THE INSTRUMENT OPERATOR COULD TAKE A READING OF THE GRADE. THE ROD HAD A METAL STRIP RUN ALONG ITS EDGE. THE RODMAN, WHO HAD BEEN EMPLOYED IN THIS FIELD FOR MORE THAN 2 YEARS, WAS STANDING UNDER 13-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINES . WHEN THE EMPLOYEE RAISED THE ROD, IT CONTACTED THE POWER LINES. THE EMPLOYEE S USTAINED ELECTRICAL BURNS TO HIS HANDS, FINGERS, AND FEET. NO PERSONAL PROTECTIV E EQUIPMENT WAS IN USE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 63
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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