OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520647
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AERIAL LIFT
Investigation abstract
A LINEMAN WAS WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT ON A 69-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE BUCKET INSULATION WAS COMPROMISED BY A DRAIN HOLE CUT THROUGH THE OUTER INSU LATION AND BY A DAMAGED INNER LINER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE BUCKET ABOV E THE ENERGIZED LINES IN AN AREA WHICH ALLOWED A 5-FOOT CLEARANCE. A GROUNDMAN E STIMATED THE ACTUAL CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE LINES TO BE 6 INCHES. T HE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE GROUNDED, DEENERGIZED LINE WHEN THE BUCKET CONTACTED THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR BELOW. CURRENT PASSED THROUGH THE BUCKET, THROUGH THE B ODY OF THE LINEMAN, AND OUT THROUGH THE GROUNDED DEENERGIZED LINES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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