OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566137
ELECTRICAL,TELECOM WORK,E TC,ELECTRIC SHOCK,GROUNDING ELECTRODE,UNDRGRD POWER LINE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND ROD CONTACT WITH UNDERGROUND LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A GROUND ROD FOR A CABLE TELEVISION CABLE INSTALLATION I NTO THE EARTH. THE ROD STRUCK AN UNDERGROUND POWER LINE 1 FOOT BELOW GROUND LEVE L, AND THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AS A RESULT. ALTHOUGH THE EMPLOYE E WAS NOT HOSPITALIZED FOR THIS INJURY, HE COMPLAINED OF TIGHTNESS IN HIS HAND A ND ARM AND IN THE SHOULDER AND CHEST AREAS OF HIS BODY.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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