OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341887
KOHLER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
RIVIERA BEACH, FL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GROUNDS FROM A SWITCH TOWER ON WHICH HE HAD BEEN WORKIN G. THE PLATFORM WHERE HE HAD BEEN WORKING WAS ABOUT 40 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. AF TER COILING THE GROUND WIRE, THE EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING HIS WAY TO THE CLIMBING LEG OF THE TOWER. AS HE WAS MOVING, HE RECEIVED A FATAL ELECTRIC SHOCK. (THE EMPLOY EE ALSO FELL AND RECEIVED MULTIPLE FRACTURES.)
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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