OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503627

INSITUFORM MISSOURI, INC.

FAIRWAY, KS· 1988-08-16T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, MANHOLE, E GI IC, METAL PIPE, SCAFFOLD
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #106026628
Employer profile: INSITUFORM MISSOURI, INC.
Summary number: 14503627
Report ID: 729700

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL PIPE

Investigation abstract

A WORK CREW WAS REPAIRING A SEWER PIPE. THE WERE REMOVING A 4-INCH-DIAMETER FLEX IBLE METAL PIPE FROM A SEWER LINE. THEY WERE PULLING IT OUT OF A MANHOLE, THROUG H THE MANHOLE OPENING. A TUBULAR WELDED FRAME SCAFFOLD HAD BEEN ERECTED ABOVE TH E OPENING, AT A HEIGHT OF 24 FEET, 3 INCHES, AND ADJACENT TO A 7200-VOLT OVERHEA D POWER LINE. ONE OF THE WORKERS WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND, PULLING UP THE SLAC K IN THE PIPE AS IT WAS BEING REMOVED FROM THE MANHOLE. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN THE PIPE CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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