OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #514547
ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,METAL POLE,E PTD,UNDRGRD POWER LINE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH UNDERGROUND LINE THRU ROD
Investigation abstract
TWO ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION HELPERS FOR A POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION FIRM WERE INST ALLING A NEW UNDERGROUND CABLE. THEY HAD TO RUN THIS CABLE UNDER SOME TREE ROOTS . THEY DUG A BORING PIT 36 INCHES DEEP, THEN STARTED PUSHING A 10-FOOT-LONG STEE L ROD BY HAND TO BORE A HOLE UNDER THE ROOTS. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE PUSHING ON THE ROD WHEN IT PENETRATED A 120-VOLT, 200- TO 300-AMPERE SERVICE ENTRANCE CABLE. T HE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ELECTROCUTED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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