OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14344105
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES, A FIRST CLASS LINE WORKER AND HIS FOREMAN, WERE PERFORMING UPGRAD HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. E WORK ON A 72-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT, TRANSFERRING CONDUCTORS FROM AN OLD POLE TO A NEW ONE. THE FOREMAN WAS WEARING RUBBER INSULATING GLOVES, BUT THE LINE WORKER WAS NOT, EVEN THOUGH T HEY WERE AVAILABLE IN THE BUCKET. WHEN THE FOREMAN REACHED DOWN TO GET A PAIR OF PLIERS, HE HEARD AN ELECTRIC ARC. HE LOOKED UP TO SEE THE LINE WORKER WITH ONE HAND ON THE NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR AND THE OTHER HAND ON A PHASE CONDUCTOR. THE FOREM AN KNOCKED THE LINE WORKER AWAY FROM CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINE. THE INJURED EM PLOYEE WAS CONSCIOUS FOR A WHILE, BUT HE DIED BEFORE HE REACHED THE HOSPITAL. HE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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