OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14298491
TUDOR ELECTRIC, INC.
DENTON, MD·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL POLE
Investigation abstract
A CREW OF EMPLOYEES WAS INSTALLING METAL STREETLIGHTING POLES ALONG A HIGHWAY. T OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD HAD ANY TRAINING. HE CREW WAS USING A FORD UTILITY TRUCK (PRESUMABLY WITH A BOOM ATTACHED) TO SET THE POLES. THEY HAD SET 30 OF THE 32 POLES THAT WERE TO BE INSTALLED. THE NEXT P OLE, WHICH WAS 34 FEET, 7 INCHES LONG WITH AN 18-FOOT, 7-INCH-LONG STREETLAMP AR M, WAS TO BE LOCATED BENEATH A 230-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE OVERHEAD LINE W AS 36 FEET, 4 INCHES ABOVE THE ROADWAY AND WAS 38 FEET, 3 INCHES FROM THE BASE F OR THE NEW STREETLIGHTING POLE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES, A HELPER, WAS GUIDING THE POLE ONTO ITS BASE WHEN THE POLE CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. AS A RESULT OF THE CONTACT, THE HELPER RECEIVED BURNS TO BOTH LEGS AND HIS RIGHT HIP AND ARM. NONE
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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