OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465561

METAL RAIL,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IC

1987-10-28T00:00:00

Event: METAL RAIL,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IC
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14465561
Report ID: 626600

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU ANGLE IRON

Investigation abstract

An employee was sitting on a steel beam about 4.6 to 5.5 meters above the ground . He was pulling up a 6.1-meter-long piece of angle iron. The employee was going to connect the angle iron to some rafters. An overhead power line was located a bout 7.6 meters above ground, 3.0 meters above the employee and about 1.5 meters away from the building. As he was handling the angle iron, it contacted the pow er line. The employee was electrocuted. (He also fell away from the building.)

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
19

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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