OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494512
ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,SUBSTATION,ELEC UTILITY WORK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING A CREW AS THEY WERE DOING A MAJOR SUBSTATION MODIFIC ATION. BEFORE THE JOB WAS STARTED (SEVERAL DAYS EARLIER), THE EMPLOYEE HAD IDENT IFIED AND FLAGGED TWO LINES THAT WERE KNOWN TO BE ENERGIZED. THE DAY PRECEDING T HE ACCIDENT, ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED, ENERGIZED 14.4-KILOVOLT LINE WAS BROUGHT TO T HE ATTENTION OF THE EMPLOYEE, BUT HE DID NOT HAVE THIS LINE FLAGGED. WHEN THE EM PLOYEE WORKED ON THIS LINE THE NEXT DAY, HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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