OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14349690

YAZOO VALLEY ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION

TCHULA, MS· 1985-10-11T00:00:00

Event: DIGGER-DERRICK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, UTILITY POLE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100372754
Employer profile: YAZOO VALLEY ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION
Summary number: 14349690
Report ID: 419400

Event description

ELEC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DERRICK TRUCK

Investigation abstract

A LINEMAN WAS WORKING WITH TWO APPRENTICE LINEMEN INSTALLING TWO NEW UTILITY POL ES. AS THEY RAISED ONE OF THE POLES FROM THE TRAILER WITH A DIGGER DERRICK, CONT ACT WAS MADE WITH A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE LINEMAN WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 52 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
577

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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