OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14557870
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,MEASURING DEVICE,METAL POLE,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL,E GI IB
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL ROD
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ATOP AN 18-FOOT-TALL TANK FILLED WITH LIQUID FERTILIZER. HE WAS USING AN 18-FOOT, 8-INCH-LONG METAL ROD TO MEASURE THE LEVEL OF FLUID IN THE TANK. A 14.4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TANK. AFTER THE EMPLOYEE TOOK THE MEASUREMENT, HE PULLED THE ROD FROM THE TANK. THE ROD, WHI CH WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE RIM OF THE TANK FILL HOLE AND THE EMPLOYEE'S SHOULDER , CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED SEVERAL HOURS LATER. HIS DEATH WAS CAUSED BY THE ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BY THE INJURIES HE SUSTAINED IN THE FALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 374
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 2
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