OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14496939
BURN,CLOTHING,ELECTRICAL VAULT,ELECTRICAL,CPR,POWER LINE WORKER,E PTD,UNDRGRD INSTALLATION,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRICAL FAULT
Event description
BURN - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN VAULT
Investigation abstract
TWO ELECTRIC UTILITY EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A FUSE HOLDER FROM AN OLD UNDERGROUND VAULT TO A NEW ABOVE GROUND VAULT. THE EMPLOYEES HAD CHECKED THE POWER LINE TO THE FUSE HOLDER AND FOUND IT TO BE DEENERGIZED. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES CUT THE POW ER LINE; AND, WHEN HE DID, A FLASH FIRE RESULTED. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE BURNED. TH E EMPLOYEE WHO HAD NOT CUT THE LINE HAD BEEN INSIDE THE VAULT. HE DIED OF HIS IN JURIES DESPITE THE APPLICATION OF CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION BY HIS COWORKER . THE COWORKER WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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