OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #608356
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A POWER LINE WORKER WAS CLIMBING A UTILITY POLE CARRYING A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD PO ONTACT, HE FELL 42 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE DIED EN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITA L. (THE REPORT DID NOT STATE WHETHER THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS ELECTRIC SHOCK OR TH E INJURIES HE SUSTAINED IN THE FALL). WER LINE. HE WAS GOING TO INSTALL LOCK NUTS ON SOME BOLTS FOR A RECENTLY INSTALL ED UNIT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS AN EXPERIENCED WORKER AND WAS WELL TRAINED WITH THIS T YPE OF INSTALLATION. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING RUBBER INSULATING SLEEVES (WHI CH HAD BEEN PROVIDED), NOR DID HE USE A HAND LINE. ADDITIONALLY, AN AERIAL LIFT WAS AVAILABLE ON SITE, AND THE AREA WOULD HAVE BEEN ACCESSIBLE FROM THE AERIAL L IFT BUCKET. THE POWER LINE WORKER HAD INSTALLED SEVERAL LOCK NUTS, AND FOUR REMA INED TO BE INSTALLED. HE CONTACTED THE LOWER PORTION OF A SWITCH WITH HIS LEFT S HOULDER. SINCE HE DID NOT HAVE HIS SAFETY STRAP AROUND THE POLE AT THE TIME OF C
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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