OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295620
THE L. E. MYERS COMPANY
PRINCE FREDERICK, MD·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A power line crew was working in a suburban area, installing an overhead power l as clear, dry, and mild. The crew had completed work on one pole and had moved t o the next one. A second grade apprentice power line worker and the crew leader climbed the pole and started to work. As he was working on the top conductor of the deenergized circuit, the apprentice contacted the top conductor on the energ ized circuit. He received an electric shock and his clothing ignited. The employ ee sustained first-, second-, and third-degree burns to the upper half of his bo dy. He was hospitalized for his injuries. ine. There were two circuits supported by utility poles--an energized 66-kilovol t power line and a deenergized line. The crew was working on two 15.8-meter-high (52-foot-high) utility poles. The two three-conductor circuits were supported b y insulators, and the phase conductors were located 2.4, 3.4, and 5.2 meters (8, 11, and 17 feet) from the tops of the poles. The conductors were 0.8 to 1.8 met ers (32.25 to 69.38 inches) out from the pole. On the day of the accident, the t hree-person crew was working on one of the poles, removing pulleys and securing the conductors to the insulators, which were mounted horizontally. The weather w
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 Male
- Nature of injury
- Electric Shock (10)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- SHOCK (13)
- Source of injury
- ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
- Occupation
- Electrical power installers and repairers (577)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.