OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14298236
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM A BOSUN CHAIR SUSPENDED FROM A CRANE AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 75 FEET. AS HE WAS WORKING ON A CONDUCTOR, THE BOSUN CHAIR MOVED AND WAS ABOUT TO CONTACT A NEARBY POLE. THE EMPLOYEE GRABBED THE CONDUCTOR TO PREVENT TH IS AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK TO HIS RIGHT HAND AND HIS GROIN.
Victim
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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.