OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490783
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,METAL POLE,E C,ELECTROCUTED
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH O'HEAD LINE THRU METAL COLUMN
Investigation abstract
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE ASSEMBLING SECTIONS OF AN ALUMINUM COLUMN. THEY WERE WORKIN G UNDER A 4800-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE AT THE CORNER OF A BUILDING. THE OVERHEA D LINE WAS ABOUT 14 FEET ABOVE THE COLUMN, AND THE COLUMN SECTIONS WERE ABOUT 15 FEET LONG. THE LAST SECTION OF THE COLUMN HAD TO BE RAISED ABOVE THE PORTION OF THE COLUMN THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED, BEFORE IT COULD BE SLID DOWN INTO P LACE. WHEN THIS SECTION WAS LIFTED, IT CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. ONE OF THE E MPLOYEES, WHO TOUCHED THIS SECTION WHILE HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE EXISTING STE EL POST INSIDE THE COLUMN OR WITH THE ALREADY ASSEMBLED PORTION OF THE COLUMN, W AS ELECTROCUTED.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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