OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341655
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,METAL POLE,E C
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU FLAGPOLE
Investigation abstract
ON A CLEAR DAY, TWO LABORERS FOR A FLAGPOLE ERECTION FIRM WERE ERECTING A FLAGPO LE. THE 40-FOOT-LONG FLAGPOLE WAS TO BE LIFTED ONTO A SLEEVE. THE WORK SITE WAS NEAR A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS ABOUT 18 FEET FROM THE SLEEVE. THE EMPLOYEES LOST CONTROL OF THE FLAGPOLE, AND IT CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. BOT H EMPLOYEES WERE ELECTROCUTED. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD 4 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE; T HE OTHER ONLY 9 MONTHS. THE EMPLOYER HAD A POOR SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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