OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14538367
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BROOM,ELECTROCUTED,E C
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD POWER LINE
Investigation abstract
A CONCRETE FINISHER WAS FINISHING CONCRETE WITH A BROOM. THE BROOM WAS 20 FEET L ONG WITH AN ALUMINUM HANDLE. HE WAS AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE FIFTH FLOOR O F THE STRUCTURE. THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED A 13.8-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE (THE REPORT DID NOT STATE HOW--PRESUMABLY THROUGH THE BROOM) AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. T HE EXIT POINTS FOR THE CURRENT WERE HIS LEFT HAND AND HIS LEFT FOOT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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