OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478390
MORIN PLUMBING AND HEATING CO.
ST. AGATHA, ME·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL PIPE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYER AND HIS EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING A 50-FOOT LENGTH OF GALVANIZED PIPE F ROM A WELL. THEY WERE ABOUT 21 FEET HORIZONTALLY AND 31 FEET VERTICALLY FROM A 1 2.5-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. AS THEY REMOVED THE PIPE, IT BROKE ABOUT HALF WAY UP AND, IN FALLING, CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. THE EMPLOYER AND HIS EMPLOY EE WERE ELECTROCUTED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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