OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341135
E GI III,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,CHAIN SAW,ELECTROCUTED,TREE,TREE TRIMMING
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TRIMMING TREES AT A RESIDENCE. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE BACK Y ARD, TRIMMING A PALM TREE. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING A TREE IN THE FRONT Y ARD. THE TREE IN THE FRONT YARD WAS NEAR A UTILITY EASEMENT, WHERE A 7620-VOLT O VERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 26 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE OVERHEAD LINE WAS RUNNING THROUGH OR NEAR THE TREE'S BRANCHES. THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK YARD HEARD HIS COWORKER'S CHAIN SAW; BUT, WITHIN A FEW MINUTES, HE HEARD A SCREAM COM E FROM THE FRONT YARD. THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK YARD RAN FOR HELP. THE INJURED E MPLOYEE WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE TREE ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. H E HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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