OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14513857
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ROPE,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU ROPE
Investigation abstract
BECAUSE OF A POWER OUTAGE CAUSED BY A VEHICLE ACCIDENT, AN EMPLOYEE WAS DISPATCH DID NOT OPEN THE DISCONNECT. HE DID NOT WEAR RUBBER INSULATING GLOVES OR BOOTS, BUT HE DID HAVE ON A PAIR OF LEATHER LINEMAN'S GLOVES. THE ROPE WAS FOUND OVER T HE POWER LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND IN THE ROADWAY DITCH. THERE WERE BURN MARKS ON HIS FEET AND HIS RIGHT HAND AND ON THE ROPE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCU TED. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. ED TO A TROUBLE AREA. THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE INVOLVED WAS A 7,200-VOLT LINE. TH E EMPLOYEE CALLED THE DISPATCHER BY RADIO AN HOUR LATER AND INFORMED HIM THAT A NEW POLE AND CREW WOULD BE NEEDED. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE FUSE WAS BLOWN AND TH AT HE COULD SEE THE FUSE LINK HANGING DOWN OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSE TUBE. H E SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO TIE BACK THE POWER LINE. THIS WOULD BE DONE BY DRIVI NG A STAKE IN THE GROUND AND BY THROWING A ROPE OVER THE POWER LINE TO PULL THE LINE BACK FROM THE ROADWAY. THE OVERHEAD LINE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE TH E GROUND. AFTER MOVING THE LINE, HE WAS GOING TO REPLACE THE FUSE. THE EMPLOYEE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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