OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221389026

PIKE ELECTRIC, LLC

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL· 2021-08-27T00:00:00

Event: Burn, Clearance, Contact, Distracted, Elbow, Elec Utility Work, Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrical Burn, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Foot, High Voltage, Line Clearance, Lost Control, Material Handling, Shock, Unsecured, Utility, Utility Pole
NAICS: 221121
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345517478
Employer profile: PIKE ELECTRIC, LLC
Summary number: 221389026
Report ID: 0418800

Event description

Employee burns elbows, feet when pole contacts primary phase

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 p.m. on August 27, 2021, an employee working for an electric company was butting a utility pole. The work crew was sitting on the pole and the employee may have been distracted. The pole got away from him and contacted a 7,620-Volt primary phase. The employee was hospitalized to treat 1st degree burns to his elbows and feet.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M

Event type
13

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