OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297832

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,LADDER,METAL LADDER,ELECTRIC SHOCK,E GI IB

1986-05-20T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,LADDER,METAL LADDER,ELECTRIC SHOCK,E GI IB
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14297832
Report ID: 352440

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Investigation abstract

An employee was raising a 12.2-meter-long (40-foot-long) aluminum extension ladd er under an overhead power line located 8.3 to 9.5 meters (27.25 to 31.25 feet) above the ground. The ladder contacted the 13-kilovolt (phase-to-phase) power li ne, and the employee received an electric shock. He was hospitalized for his inj uries.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
11

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
448

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
2

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.