OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170228357
ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC SWITCH,POWER LINE WORKER,E PTD,STRUCK BY,ELECTRICAL FAULT,FLYING OBJECT
Event description
STRUCK BY FLYING OBJECT
Investigation abstract
A power line crew was placing a recloser into service on a 13.2-kilovolt overhea d power line. A test group at the control panel on the ground was testing the un it by closing, opening, and closing the switch used to energize the pole-mounted recloser. When the switch was first closed to energize the device, the recloser failed, and its 500-pound oil tank was blown off. The oil tank was blown 15 fee t to the north of the pole and fell 50 feet to the ground. It struck one of the power line crew members and killed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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