OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14567796
BURN,ELECTRIC ARC,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,TREE TRIMMING
Event description
BURNS - ARC FROM OVERHEAD POWER LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING LINE-CLEARANCE TREE TRIMMING FROM AN INSULATED BUCKET . THE LIMBS OF THE PINE TREE HE WAS TRIMMING WERE PUSHING AGAINST THE NEUTRAL OF THE OVERHEAD POWER LINES. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 7-FOOT HYDRAULIC SAW WHICH H AD A 4-FOOT, 7-INCH FIBERGLASS ROD BETWEEN THE METAL HANDLE AND THE SAW. WHEN TH E LIMBS WERE CUT, THE NEUTRAL LINE MOVED CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE PRIMARY LINE TO CAU SE AN ARC. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED FLASH BURNS ON HIS ARMS AND CHEST.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 495
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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