OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465090
OMNI ELECTRIC INC
HAMMOND, IN·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LIGHT POLE
Investigation abstract
A CONSTRUCTION LABORER WAS HOLDING THE BASE OF AN ALUMINUM LIGHT POLE THAT WAS 3 6 FEET, 9 INCHES IN LENGTH. THE POLE WAS BEING SET ONTO AN 11-INCH-BY-11-INCH CO NCRETE BASE IN THE GROUND. A PITMAN POLECAT HYDRAULIC BOOM TRUCK WAS BEING USED TO LIFT THE POLE, AND ITS LOAD LINE WAS ATTACHED AT A POINT 24 FEET FROM THE BOT TOM OF THE POLE. AS THE POLE WAS BEING STRAIGHTENED, THE LABORER HAD BOTH ARMS A ROUND THE POLE TO GUIDE IT ONTO THE CONCRETE BASE. THE POLE CONTACTED A 7200-VOL T OVERHEAD POWER LINE LOCATED ABOUT 38 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE LABORER WAS EL ECTROCUTED AS A RESULT OF THE CONTACT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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