OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456883
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINES
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN AN AERIAL LIFT HELPING TO INSTALL REGULATORS ON A NEW UTILITY POLE. HE LOWERED THE LIFT TO THE GROUND TO GET AN ELECTRIC DRILL SO THA T HE COULD DRILL MORE HOLES IN THE NEW POLE. WHEN HE RAISED THE AERIAL LIFT AGAI N, HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD POWER LINES WHICH WERE STILL ON THE OLD POLE . HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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