OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515035
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A TRANSFORMER ON A NEW 40-FOOT, CLASS 3 UTILITY POLE. OR BOTH HANDS ON THE JIB WHEN HE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE AT A POINT NEAR THE D EAD-END CLAMP. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE 7200-VOLT PRIMARY OVERHEAD POWER LINE ON THE POLE WAS ENERGIZED. THE TRANSF ORMER WAS LOCATED ABOUT 8 INCHES BELOW AN EYEBOLT THAT SUPPORTS THE POWER LINE C ONDUCTOR. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM A TWO-PERSON BUCKET OF AN ALTEC AERIAL L IFT WITH A 50-FOOT REACH. ALTHOUGH INSULATING EQUIPMENT WAS AVAILABLE, THE POWER LINE WAS NOT COVERED WITH INSULATING EQUIPMENT, NOR WAS THE EMPLOYEE WEARING RU BBER INSULATING GLOVES OR SLEEVES. THE EMPLOYEE WAS EITHER INSTALLING A JIB ON T HE POLE OR ADJUSTING IT, WHEN HE CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE WITH HIS LEFT SHOUL DER. FROM THE BURN MARKS ON THE EQUIPMENT, IT APPEARED THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAD ONE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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