OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14533996
ELECTRICAL,E C,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL,PIPE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK AND FALL - CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS THRU MAT.
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FOUR LENGTHS OF GALVANIZED PIPE FROM A SECO ND STORY ROOF. THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO DROP THE PIPE AT THE NORTH END OF THE BUILDING. INSTEAD, THE EMPLOYEE CARRIED THE PIPE TO THE SOUTH END OF THE BUI LDING, WHERE HE BROUGHT THE PIPE INTO CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTORS. AFTER R ECEIVING AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, THE EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE ASPHALT SURFACE BELOW. THE EMPLOYEE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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