OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566368
BURN,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,AGRICULTURE,ELECTROCUTED,IRRIGATION PIPE,ELECTRIC SHOCK,E AG,HAND,INATTENTION
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL PIPE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE LIFTED A 6-INCH-DIAMETER ALUMINUM IRRIGATION PIPE (30 FEET, 4 INCHES LONG) ON ITS END TO REMOVE DIRT FROM ITS INTERIOR. THE PIPE CONTACTED A 7200-VO LT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYEE. A SECOND EMPLOYEE POSITIONED ABOUT 12 FEET FROM THE FIRST WAS RESTACKING PIPE. HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS ON HIS HANDS AND RIGHT FOOT WHEN ONE OF THEM ALSO CONTACTED THE POWER LINE.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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