OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14500094

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ROOF,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ANTENNA,E GI IC

1988-11-03T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ROOF,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ANTENNA,E GI IC
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14500094
Report ID: 523400

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH POWER LINE THRU ANTENNA

Investigation abstract

AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ALONE, REMOVING A 20-FOOT-LONG RADIO ANTENNA FROM A WALL -MOUNTED BRACKET ON A ROOF TOP. AFTER HE REMOVED THE EXISTING ANTENNA, HE WAS GO ING TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW ONE. AS THE EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE OLD ANTENNA OUT OF THE BRACKET, IT CONTACTED A 28.5-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, AND HE WAS ELECTR OCUTED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 51 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.