OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14304026
CIMEL ENGINEERING, CORP.
PENUELAS, PR·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL ROD
Investigation abstract
An electric utility supervisor and two employees of a contractor were working on the roof of a structure, 4.6 meters (15 feet) above the ground. The two contrac tor employees were using a 6.1-meter-long (20-foot-long) steel rod to clean a wa ter drainage system. The rod contacted a 37.2-kilovolt overhead power line. One of the two employees was electrocuted. The supervisor and the other contractor e mployee received electric shocks. The second contractor employee also sustained first-degree burns over 50 percent of his body. He and the supervisor were hospi talized for their injuries.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 34
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 34
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 34
- Occupation code
- 553
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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