OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14347975
RUSSELL CORPORATION
ALEXANDER CITY, AL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL PIPE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CONSTRUCTING A PIPE BRIDGE. ONE OF THE TWO EMPLOYEES WAS LIFT ING A 1-INCH-DIAMETER, 21-FOOT-LONG STEEL PIPE ONTO THE PIPE BRIDGE. THE PIPE CO NTACTED A 2400-VOLT (TO GROUND) OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE CARRYING THE P IPE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND AN ELECTRICAL BURN ON HIS LEFT LEG. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A FATAL HEART ATTACK AS A RESULT OF AN ELECTRIC SHOCK HE RECE IVED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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