OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #570788
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E C,SCAFFOLD
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINES
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE HAD ERECTED A TUBULAR WELDED-FRAME SCAFFOLD ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF A BUILDING. RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE NORTH WALL OF THE BUILDING WERE SOME OVERHEA D POWER LINES (13.2 KILOVOLTS PHASE TO PHASE, 7.62 KILOVOLTS PHASE TO GROUND). T HE BOTTOM LINE WAS 35 FEET, 7 INCHES FROM THE GROUND AND 6 FEET, 3 INCHES FROM T HE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. BECAUSE THE WORK TO BE DONE (TUCKPOINTING AND MASONRY R EPAIR) WAS TO BE PERFORMED APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE SCAFFOLD HAD BEEN ERECTED TO A HEIGHT OF 35 FEET, 9 INCHES. ITS OUTER SIDE WAS 7 FEET, 4 INCHES FROM THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. DURING THE COURSE OF HIS WORK, THE EMPLOYE E CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINES AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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