OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14557706
ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY
CLOVIS, NM·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A THUNDERSTORM HAD INTERRUPTED POWER TO TWO PHASES OF A THREE-PHASE DISTRIBUTION FEEDER TO A TRANSFORMER. THE TRANSFORMER SUPPLIED POWER TO A MAINTENANCE BUILDI NG FOR A RAIL YARD. THE FUSES ON THE TWO PHASES HAD OPENED. THAT EVENING, A RAIL ROAD EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO REPLACE THE FUSE ELEMENTS SO THAT POWER COULD BE R ESTORED. TO DO THIS, HE CLIMBED THE UTILITY POLE WHERE THE FUSES WERE LOCATED. T HE EMPLOYEE HAD NOT DISCONNECTED THE POWER TO THE REMAINING ENERGIZED PHASE COND UCTOR AND CONTACTED IT WITH HIS ELBOW OR FOREARM DURING THE COURSE OF HIS WORK. THE ELECTRIC SHOCK CAUSED HIM TO FALL FROM THE POLE. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF ELECTR OCUTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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