OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14528418
MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
JACKSON, MS·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRIC UTILITY CREW WAS COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW SERVICE AND A ED OF HIS INJURIES ABOUT 4 HOURS LATER DURING AN OPERATION IN A HOSPITAL. STREET LIGHT. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS ON A UTILITY POLE, AND HIS COWORKER WAS IN AN AER IAL LIFT. HAVING COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION, BOTH EMPLOYEES REMOVED THEIR RUBBER INSULATING GLOVES IN PREPARATION FOR DESCENDING TO THE GROUND. THE SENIOR LINE WORKER ON THE POLE WAS REMOVING HIS SAFETY BELT FROM AROUND THE POLE WHEN HE CON TACTED THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE ON THE POLE (HE WAS ACROSS TWO OF THE PHASE CONDU CTORS). HE CALLED TO HIS COWORKER, "GET ME OUT OF THESE LINES." BEFORE THE COWOR KER COULD MOVE THE BUCKET OF THE AERIAL LIFT INTO POSITION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE , THE SENIOR LINE WORKER FELL TO THE GROUND (A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 31 FEET). HE DI
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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