OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14504906
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONDUCTOR
Investigation abstract
AN AUTOMOBILE RAN INTO A UTILITY POLE CARRYING OVERHEAD POWER LINES ENERGIZED AT 7200 VOLTS TO GROUND. AN EMERGENCY CREW RESTORED POWER TO THE AREA AND DISCONNE CTED SOME OF THE SWITCHES ON NEARBY POLES. ANOTHER CREW, CONSISTING OF A LINE FO REMAN, TWO LINEMEN, TWO TREE TRIMMERS, AND A PIPE FITTER, WAS SENT TO REPLACE TH E DOWNED POLE AND REPAIR THE LINES. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES PICKED UP ONE OF THE DO WNED LINES AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE LINE WAS ENERGIZED THROUGH CONTACT WITH THE ENERGIZED BLADE OF AN OPEN SWITCH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 2
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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