OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14423321
BURN,ELECTRIC ARC,E GI III,ELECTRICAL,SUBSTATION,FALL,PAINTER
Event description
BURNS - ELECTRIC ARC FROM CLOSE APPROACH TO LIVE PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS PAINTING A CONDUIT INSIDE A DEENERGIZED SUBSTATION. THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN PAINTING FROM A FIBERGLASS LADDER AT A HEIGHT OF 17 FEET. FOR SOME UNK NOWN REASON, THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE LADDER TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE SUBSTATION AND CLIMBED INTO THE 12-KILOVOLT LINES, CAUSING AN ARC TO GROUND THROUGH THE METAL F RAMEWORK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS SEVERELY BURNED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED A DDITIONAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE FALL. THE EMPLOYEE DIED SEVERAL HOURS LATE R IN A HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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