OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14298715
BURN,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,SCRAP METAL,ELECTRIC SHOCK,E GI IC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL SCRAP
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A PERMANENT GUARDRAIL FOR A BALCONY PLATFORM LOCATED ENERGIZE OR INSULATE THE POWER LINE. ADDITIONALLY, THE EMPLOYEE HAD NOT BEEN TRA INED IN RECOGNIZING AND AVOIDING ELECTRICAL HAZARDS. ON THE FOURTH FLOOR ON THE WEST SIDE OF A BUILDING. A 69-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED WITHIN 8 FEET OF THE BALCONY. AFTER THE GUARDRAIL HAD BEEN PAR TIALLY INSTALLED, THE EMPLOYEE USED A ROPE TO HOIST A SECTION OF ALUMINUM CAPPIN G TO BE SNAPPED INTO PLACE ON THE GUARDRAIL. HE LIFTED THE 18-FOOT, 10-INCH-LONG SECTION INTO A POSITION WHERE HE COULD GRAB IT. AS HE PIVOTED THE CAPPING INTO PLACE, IT CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A SEVERE ELECTRIC SHOC K AND BURNS. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AT THE SCENE, THEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAN SPORTED TO THE BURN CENTER OF A HOSPITAL. THE EMPLOYER HAD MADE NO ATTEMPT TO DE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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