OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456230
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,COOLING TOWER,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TOWER,E GI IC
Event description
ELEC. SHOCK AND FALL - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU MAT.
Investigation abstract
A FOUNDRY WORKER WAS REMOVING MINERAL DEPOSITS FROM AN INSPECTION COVER LOCATED ABOUT 35 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND ON THE SIDE OF A COOLING TOWER. TO DO THE WORK, H E WAS KNEELING DOWN AND USING A 10-FOOT LENGTH OF STEEL CONDUIT. WHEN THE CONDUI T CONTACTED A 2400-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC S HOCK AND FELL FROM THE TOWER. HE SURVIVED THE FALL, BUT THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF HIS INJURIES WERE NOT REPORTED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 22
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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