OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495733
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,TELECOM WORK,COMMUNICATION CABLE,E TC,ELECTROCUTED
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING CABLE TELEVISION LINES ON A POLE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO W AS WEARING LEATHER WORK GLOVES AT THE TIME, WAS POSITIONED ABOUT 26 INCHES FROM THE NEAREST OVERHEAD POWER LINE ON THE POLE. THE EMPLOYEE SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTACT ED THE POWER LINE AND THE GROUNDED CABLE, AND HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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