OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464960
BURN,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRIC SHOCK,E GI IB,SCAFFOLD
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
Two painters were moving a manually propelled mobile scaffold to gain access to the last side of a building so they could continue removing paint from it. The s caffold was 1.5 meters wide, 2.1 meters long, and 7.2 meters high. As the employ ees were moving the scaffold, it contacted an energized cutout on the crossarm o f a utility pole located on the sidewalk in front of the building. One of the em ployees was electrocuted. The other employee received an electric shock and seve re burns and was hospitalized for his injuries.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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