OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516918
BURN,E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LOCKOUT,METAL POLE,SUBSTATION,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,TRANSFORMER
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS THRU METAL POLE
Investigation abstract
A CONTRACTOR WAS PERFORMING WORK FOR AN ELECTRIC UTILITY AT A GENERATION STATION D BURNS WHEN A METAL POLE THEY WERE HANDLING CONTACTED (OR CAME TOO CLOSE TO) AN EXPOSED PART ENERGIZED AT 230 KILOVOLTS. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS ELECTROCUTED; THE OTHER WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES. THAT WAS UNDERGOING A MAINTENANCE. THE PLANT WAS NOT PRODUCING ELECTRICITY DURI NG THE MAINTENANCE OUTAGE. A WORK STATION HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED ADJACENT TO A TRA NSFORMER INSIDE A SUBSTATION AT THE PLANT. THE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE TO PERFORM THE WORK IN THE SUBSTATION WERE NOT QUALIFIED ELECTRICAL WORKERS, BUT THEIR EMPLOYE R HAD THEM ENTER THE WORK AREA IN THE BELIEF THAT THE SUBSTATION HAD BEEN DEENER GIZED. HOWEVER, THE TRANSFORMERS IN THE SUBSTATION WERE ENERGIZED TO PROVIDE ELE CTRICITY TO THE GENERATING PLANT, AND NO ONE HAD TESTED THE INSTALLATION TO ENSU RE THAT THE WORK AREA WAS DEENERGIZED. TWO EMPLOYEES RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS AN
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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