OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515308
FORT RECOVERY INDUSTRIES
FORT RECOVERY, OH·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SCRAPER
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ON A ROOF TO CLEAN A FURNACE STACK. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS S AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES. CARRYING A METAL SCRAPER OVER HIS SHOULDER. THE SCRAPER HAD A LENGTH OF METAL CO NDUIT ATTACHED TO ITS METAL HANDLE, AND THIS EXTENDED THE LENGTH OF THE SCRAPER TO 11 FEET, 8.75 INCHES ABOVE THE EMPLOYEE'S SHOULDER. A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWE R LINE WAS LOCATED 13 FEET, 8 INCHES ABOVE THE ROOF. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WALKED UN DER THE OVERHEAD LINE, THE SCRAPER CONTACTED THE LINE, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYE E. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE SAW HIS COWORKER IN CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINE AND WENT T O PULL HIM AWAY. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS TO HIS ARMS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED AND HAD BOTH ARMS AMPUTATED BELOW THE ELBOW
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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