OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606996
TURNER OUTDOOR ADVERTISING LTD
ATLNATA, GA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURN - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A DOUBLE DECKER BILLBOARD. HE WAS WORKING FROM A PLAT FORM THAT WAS 25 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS REPAPERING THE BIL LBOARD, WAS WORKING WITHIN 5 FEET, 5 INCHES OF AN 11.2-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER L INE. AS HE WAS POSITIONING AN ALUMINUM LADDER, IT CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. T HE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND SEVERE BURNS TO HIS LEGS AND HIS RIGH T HAND. THE EMPLOYEE HAD BOTH LEGS AMPUTATED BELOW THE KNEES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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