OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14375562

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

1989-04-06T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14375562
Report ID: 522500

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONDUCTOR

Investigation abstract

A NEW OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS BEING INSTALLED BY A POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION CREW. A KINK DEVELOPED IN ONE OF THE CONDUCTORS, AND ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES CLIMBED A U TILITY POLE TO RELEASE THE KINK. THE NEW CONDUCTOR, WHICH WAS STRUNG NEAR AN EXI STING 72000-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WAS BEING PULLED BY A PICKUP TRUCK. THE EM PLOYEE ON THE POLE RELEASED THE KINK, CAUSING A WHIPPING EFFECT ON THE CONDUCTOR FROM THE TENSION PUT ON IT BY THE PICKUP TRUCK. THE NEW LINE CONTACTED THE EXIS TING LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE ON THE POLE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
577

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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