OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346514
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,HAND WINCH,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,PROTECTIVE GROUNDING,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,WINCH,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU NEW LINE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE USING A COME-ALONG TO SAG NEWLY INSTALLED OVERHEAD POWER LINE S. THEY WERE WORKING OUT OF A HYDRAULIC, ARTICULATING-BOOM-TYPE AERIAL LIFT. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS WORKING THE TAKE-UP HANDLE OF THE COME-ALONG, THE OTHER WA S HOLDING THE EXCESS CHAIN AWAY FROM THE OPERATOR'S HAND. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE AP PARENTLY REACHED WITH HIS OTHER HAND AND GRASPED THE POWER LINE BEHIND HIM. THIS LINE HAD CONTACTED ONE OF THE EXISTING ENERGIZED LINES BECAUSE A SUPPORT ROPE H AD BROKEN OR SLIPPED TWO POLES NORTH OF WHERE THE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING. NO GRO UNDS HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON THE NEW LINES, EVEN THOUGH THEY CROSSED OVER AND RAN PARALLEL TO UNGUARDED, ENERGIZED OVERHEAD POWER LINES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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