OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498711
VULCAN STEEL ERECTORS, INC.
SUGARLAND, TX·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU ANGLE IRON
Investigation abstract
THREE STEEL ERECTORS WERE ERECTING A STEEL STRUCTURE FOR A 40-FOOT-BY-90-FOOT BU ILDING. THEY WERE PLACING STEEL AT A LEVEL OF ABOUT 16 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, WI TH THE HIGHEST POINT AT 17 FEET, 8 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND (A PITCH OF 2.39 DEGR EES). AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE RAN ADJACENT TO THE STRUCTURE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES , WHO WAS WORKING AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 17 FEET AND WHO WAS ABOUT 5 FEET FROM THE OVERHEAD LINE, WAS PULLING UP A 20-FOOT LENGTH OF FRAMING ANGLE IRON. THE EMPLO YEE PLACED THE ANGLE IRON ON HIS SHOULDER AND BEGAN TO TURN IT INTO POSITION FOR BOLTING IN PLACE. THE ANGLE IRON CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTI NG THE EMPLOYEE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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