OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341754
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,METAL POLE,METAL LADDER,UNTRAINED,E GI IC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU FLAGPOLE
Investigation abstract
A LABORER WAS STANDING ON A 22-FOOT ALUMINUM LADDER, CHANGING A FLAG ATTACHED TO A 6-FOOT FLAGPOLE THAT WAS ATOP ANOTHER TALLER POLE. THE FLAGPOLE WAS ADJACENT TO A 7600-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WHICH WAS LOCATED AT A HEIGHT ABOUT THE SAME AS THAT OF THE FLAG. THE EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE 6-FOOT POLE AND FLAG OUT OF THE HO LDER. A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE FLAG, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE FLAGPOLE. HE CONTINUED TO HOLD THE FLAGPOLE AS IT FELL INTO THE OVERHEAD POWER L INE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION INFORMATION INCLU DED WITH THE REPORT INDICATED THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAD NOT RECEIVED SUFFICIENT TRAI NING IN THE HAZARDS OF CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 2
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