OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386072
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,WIRE ROPE,ELECTROCUTED,E C
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU WIRE ROPE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS HOISTING TWO 5-GALLON CONTAINERS OF TAR TO A ROOF. HE WAS HOLDIN G A WIRE ROPE CABLE IN HIS HAND. THE CABLE EXTENDED FROM THE ROOF TO THE GROUND. HOLDING THE CABLE IN HIS HAND, HE WALKED A FEW FEET AWAY FROM THE BUILDING, AND THE CABLE CONTACTED A 13.8-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECT ROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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