OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516553
HARRISON WESTERN CORPORATION
PUNTA GORDA, FL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU JUMPER WIRE
Investigation abstract
A POWER LINE WORKER WAS WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT INSTALLING A SHORT SECTION O F NEW OVERHEAD POWER LINES UNDER LIVE-LINE CONDITIONS. THE CONDUCTORS BEING INST ALLED WERE NOT UNDER TENSION, AS THEY WERE PART OF A SLACK SPAN. SO THAT THE WOR K COULD BE PERFORMED WITHOUT DISRUPTING ELECTRICAL SERVICE, JUMPERS HAD BEEN INS TALLED TO CARRY THE CURRENT. THE POWER LINE WORKER WAS HOLDING ONE END OF A JUMP ER WIRE, WHICH WAS CONNECTED AT THE OTHER END TO THE 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD LINE. TH E EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT SHOULDER WAS TOUCHING A METAL CROSSARM ON A UTILITY POLE WHEN THE METAL CONNECTOR ON THE END OF THE JUMPER CONTACTED HIS LEFT LEG BELOW HIS H IP POCKET. THE POWER LINE WORKER WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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