OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14299671
BURN,ELECTRIC ARC,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC CABLE,TRENCH,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,E C,UNDRGRD INSTALLATION,ELECTRICAL FAULT,UNDRGRD POWER LINE
Event description
BURN - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN UNDERGROUND CABLE
Investigation abstract
An employee was using a shovel to clean the dirt from a 13-kilovolt underground power line located in a trench. The cable was connected to a switch box 760 cent imeters (2.5 feet) away from the employee. He was cleaning the cable to run a ne w cable under the old one. The old cable failed and the ensuing electric arc bur ned the employee on his hand, face, and neck. He was hospitalized for his injuri es.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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