OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14544993
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT BUCKET THAT WAS 39 FEET ABOVE THE GR OUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS UPGRADING AN OVERHEAD LINE. HE HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF BET WEEN TWO UNPROTECTED 12-KILOVOLT PHASE CONDUCTORS TO RELOCATE THE SYSTEM NEUTRAL . HE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACTED THE ENERGIZED LINE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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