OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394423

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,MOBILE SCAFFOLD,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IB,SCAFFOLD

1989-03-03T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,MOBILE SCAFFOLD,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IB,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14394423
Report ID: 625700

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SCAFFOLD

Investigation abstract

Two employees were cleaning and painting lighting poles in a department store pa rking lot. They were using a quick erect scaffold to gain access to the upper po rtions of the poles. On its heels, the scaffold was 10.3 meters (33.8 feet) high . The employees had completed one pole and were rolling the scaffold to another location. The scaffold contacted an overhead power line located 10 meters (32.8 feet) above the ground. One of the employees was electrocuted. The other employe e, who was wearing work gloves and rubber boots, was apparently uninjured.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
28

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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