OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336382
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,TELECOM WORK,CPR,E TC,ELECTROCUTED,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING FROM NON-INSULATING HOLAN AERIAL LIFTS, REMOVING COMM UND, WITH THE BACK OF HIS NECK. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED. UNICATIONS CONDUCTORS FROM UTILITY POLES. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE TIED OFF IN THEIR BUCKETS, AND THE EMPLOYEES HAD FIRST AID TRAINING, INCLUDING TRAINING IN CARDIO- PULMONARY RESUSCITATION. FIRST AID KITS WERE AVAILABLE ON THE TRUCKS. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES MOVED HIS AERIAL LIFT TRUCK NEAR A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE POLE WHERE HIS WORK LOCATION WAS TO BE WAS 21 FEET AWAY FROM THE POWER LINE. TH E EMPLOYEE RAISED THE BUCKET OF THE AERIAL LIFT, APPARENTLY WITH THE INTENT OF M OVING THE BUCKET LATERALLY TO THE WORK LOCATION ONCE HE REACHED THE WORKING HEIG HT. THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, WHICH WAS 23 TO 24 FEET ABOVE THE GRO
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 527
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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