OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379267
TRACTOR SUPPLY CO.-TSC
GALESBURG, IL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU WIRE ROPE
Investigation abstract
An employee of a tractor supply company was working in a lawn mower display area . Apparently, he was throwing a 6.5-millimeter-diameter (0.25-inch-diameter) wir e rope that was about 10.7 meters (35 feet) long (the length of the display area ). The wire rope became entangled in an overhead power line located 7.5 meters ( 24.5 feet) above the ground. The employee got a piece of plastic PVC pipe to dis lodge the wire rope from the power line. He apparently grabbed the wire rope wit h his right thumb and index finger and was electrocuted.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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