OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456164
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU NEUTRAL
Investigation abstract
A FOUR-WIRE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HAD BEEN STRUNG TO A TRANSFORMER POLE. TWO LINEM EN WERE POSITIONED ON THE POLE TO CONNECT THE NEUTRAL OF A SERVICE DROP TO THE S YSTEM NEUTRAL. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES DESCENDED THE POLE AFTER HAVING TOLD THE OTH ER TO STAY IN THE BELTED POSITION AND TO STAPLE THE SERVICE NEUTRAL TO THE POLE. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND WAS WALKING FROM THE POLE WHEN HE HEARD A CRACKLING NOISE. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE POLE WAS HANGING BY HIS SAFETY BELT. THE NEUTRAL WIRE , HELD IN HIS LEATHER-GLOVED HAND, HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE 14.4-KILOVOLT OVERH EAD POWER LINE SOME 4 FEET ABOVE THE EMPLOYEE. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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