OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14521546
DINGEMAN ADVERTISING, INC.
SHELBYVILLE, IL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN DISPATCHED TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW OUTDOOR EE ON THE AERIAL LADDER HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. HE HAD ELECTRICAL BURNS ON HIS HE AD AND ON HIS LOWER LEG. BILLBOARD. ONE OF THEM WAS USING A CHAIN SAW TO CUT STRINGERS AT THE TOP OF ONE OF THE CORNERS OF THE BILLBOARD. THE CORNER OF THE BILLBOARD WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WAS ONLY 2 FEET FROM A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. HE WAS ON A LA DDER-TYPE AERIAL LIFT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR RUNGS FROM THE END. THE EMPLOYEE ON TH E AERIAL LADDER ASKED HIS COWORKER TO RAISE THE LADDER A LITTLE, AND THE COWORKE R COMPLIED. AFTER THE COWORKER RAISED THE LADDER AND STARTED TO GET OFF THE TRUC K, HE HEARD THE CHAIN SAW START AND THEN FALL. WHEN HE TURNED AROUND, THE COWORK ER SAW THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LADDER STANDING RIGID AND THEN GOING LIMP. THE EMPLOY
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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