OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519318
PROCELL ELECTRIC INC
OIL CITY, LA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AERIAL LIFT
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE PERFORMING LINE-CLEARANCE TREE-TRIMMING WORK. ONE OF THEM WAS TRIMMING THE TREES FROM AN AERIAL LIFT (A BAKER MODEL M-45 BUCKET TRUCK). THE O THER WAS ASSIGNED TO CLEAR THE TRIMMED BRANCHES FROM THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE IN THE AERIAL LIFT HAD THE BUCKET WITHIN 2 FEET OF A 13.8-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE IN THE AERIAL LIFT MOVED THE BUCKET, THE BOOM CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE, ENERGIZING THE BOOM AND THE TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE TOUCHED THE BUCKET TRUCK. HE HAD NOT BEEN TRAINED IN T HE HAZARDS OF HIS WORK.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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