OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14422067
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,METAL POLE,E GI IB
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL POLE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING WINDOWS. HE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND, USING A 20-FOOT- LONG METAL POLE TO REACH THE WINDOWS. AS HE WAS EXCHANGING A BRUSH FOR A RUBBER SQUEEGEE, THE METAL POLE CONTACTED A 13.8-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPL OYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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