OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401749
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,METAL POLE,E GI IC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU FLAGPOLE
Investigation abstract
An employee of a flag installation company was removing a 3.0-meter-long (10-foo t-long) metal flagpole from the top of a 6.4-meter-tall (21-foot-tall) lighting standard. The employee was standing on an aluminum extension ladder, which was r esting on the ground. The lighting standard was about 1.4 meters (4.5 feet) hori zontally from a 7200-volt overhead power line, and the power line was about 2.4 meters (8 feet) diagonally from the top of the pole. The flagpole contacted the power line, and the employee was electrocuted.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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