OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14496889
CACHE VALLEY ELECTRIC
ARMOREL, AR·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE PART THRU CONDUCTOR
Investigation abstract
A FOREMAN AND THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE GROUNDING A FENCE SURROUNDING A SWITCHY ARD. THE EQUIPMENT IN THE SUBSTATION WAS ENERGIZED WHILE THEY PERFORMED THEIR WO RK. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD CUT NUMEROUS PIECES OF NO. 2 AWG SOLID COPPER CONDU CTOR INTO 8.5-FOOT LENGTHS. HE HAD BEEN DOING THIS BY LAYING THE CONDUCTOR ON TH E GROUND, ROLLING OFF THE CONDUCTOR. HE THEN ROLLED THE CONDUCTOR OVER HIS HEAD, AND THE CONDUCTOR CONTACTED A 34.5-KILOVOLT TERMINAL THAT WAS ABOUT 9 FEET ABOV E THE GROUND. NONE OF THE OTHER EMPLOYEES WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT; HOWEVER, WHEN THEY HEARD THE ARC, THEY TURNED AROUND AND SAW THE INJURED EMPLOYEE FALLING BACK WARDS WITH THE COPPER CONDUCTOR IN HIS HAND. HE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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