OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14467997
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRICAL,TELECOM WORK,E TC,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,UTILITY POLE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE HAD JUST COMPLETED SPLICING A TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLE. THIS CABLE W EET TO THE GROUND. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS IN VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION BUT WAS REVIVED BY A WORKER NEARBY. A HARD HAT, SAFTY BELT, AND LANYARD WERE NOT USED; A ND THE EMPLOYEE HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL TRAINING IN WORKING NEAR OVERHEAD P OWER LINES. AS LOCATED ON A POLE ALSO USED TO SUPPORT THREE 7200-VOLT FEEDER LINES. UPON COM PLETING THE SPLICE, THE EMPLOYEE WENT DOWN A LADDER TO RETRIEVE A PROTECTIVE DEV ICE (BOOT) TO COVER THE SPLICE. ONCE THE EMPLOYEE GOT THIS BOOT, HE CLIMBED BACK UP THE LADDER. DURING THE CROSSOVER FROM THE LADDER TO THE TOP OF THE CONDUIT S TACKS, OR POSSIBLY WHILE MAKING HIMSELF MORE COMFORTABLE ON THESE STACKS, HE ACC IDENTALLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM THREADS OF THE LIVE CENTER CUTOUT. THE POINT OF CONTACT WAS HIS LEFT HAND. THE CURRENT EXITED THROUGH THE TOP OF HIS L EFT THIGH AND THROUGH THE THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. THE EMPLOYEE THEN FELL 23 F
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 533
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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