OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14446223
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,TELECOM WORK,CABLE TV WORK,E TC,ELECTROCUTED,STRAND INSTALLATION,SUSPENSION STRAND
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CABLE
Investigation abstract
A 0.25-INCH STEEL SUPPORT CABLE FOR A CABLE TV INSTALLATION WAS BEING INSTALLED APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET BELOW A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS PUS HING THE CABLE SUPPORT WITH AN 18-FOOT FIBERGLASS POLE, AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE CABLE. THE CABLE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE, AN D THE EMPLOYEE HOLDING THE CABLE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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