OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14523773
OHIO POWER COMPANY
KNOXVILLE, OH·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A POWER LINE WORKER WAS IN AN AERIAL LIFT, WORKING ON A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE PLASTIC GUARD EQUIPMENT FROM THE LINE AND WAS IN STALLING AN ANCHOR BRACKET TO THE POLE. HIS FACE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, AND H E RECEIVED A SEVERE ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS. HE LATER DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 Male
- Nature of injury
- Electric Shock (10)
- Part of body
- NERVE SYST (29)
- Accident type
- SHOCK (13)
- Source of injury
- ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
- Occupation
- Electrical power installers and repairers (577)
- Human factor
- SAFETY DEVICES REMOVED/INOPER. (9)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.