OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301535
K & S ELECTRIC
HOBBS, NM·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A power line worker was working from the bucket of a High Ranger aerial lift mou nted on a Ford truck. The bucket was in a stationary position next to a utility pole. The employee was tightening hardware for an insulator on the pole. To chec k the rear of the mounting bolt, he reached through the middle and upper conduct ors of a 480-volt overhead power line supported on the pole. He touched both con ductors simultaneously and was electrocuted. The medical examiner found a faint burn mark on his left shoulder and another burn mark below his armpit on the lef t side of his chest.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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