OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14384234
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,TREE LIMB,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IC,TREE TRIMMING
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BRANCH
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING TREES BESIDE A 69-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. HE WAS PERFORMING THIS WORK FROM THE TREE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A 13.5-FOOT BRANCH WHEN IT CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, 6.5 FEET AWAY. THE CURRENT ENTRY AND EXIT POIN TS WERE HIS HAND AND HIS FOOT, RESPECTIVELY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. ALTH OUGH THEY WERE WORKING NEARBY, THE REST OF THE CREW DID NOT HEAR OR SEE THE ACCI DENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 495
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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