OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484232
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,METAL LADDER,E GI IB
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
Two employees were electrocuted when a 12.2-meter-long aluminum ladder they were moving contacted a 7500-volt overhead power line.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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